- Author
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Quintiere, J. G.
- Title
- Predicted Timeline of Failure for the WTC Towers.
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Report
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Volume 2,
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2004. (Interflam '04). International Interflam Conference, 10th Proceedings. Volume 2. July 5-7, 2004. Organised by Interscience Communications Ltd. in association with National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building Research Establishment; National Fire Protection Association; Society of Fire Protection Engineers; and Swedish National Testing and Research Institute,
Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England,
Edinburgh, Scotland,
1009-1022 p.,
2004
- Keywords
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fire science
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fire safety
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Wrold Trade Center
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failure
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building collapse
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high rise buildings
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aircraft fuels
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building materials
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enclosures
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structural elmenets
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insulation
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equations
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heating
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; result of the fire heating the floor truss system; heating and damage to the core columns; collapse hypotheses; building contents as fuel; physics of enclosure fires; estimating the WTC fire conditions; heating times for structural elements