- Author
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Corley, W. G.
- Title
- What We Learned: Building Performance Study of the WTC Collapse.
- Coporate
- Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc., Skokie, IL
- Journal
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Building Safety Journal,
Vol. 1,
No. 7,
8-13,
September 2003
- Keywords
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World Trade Center
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building collapse
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education
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structural design
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damage
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fire damage
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investigations
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building design
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flameproofing
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fire protection
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egress
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structural members
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; impact damage to exterior columns on the north face of WTC 1; approximate debris location on the 91st floor of WTC 1; expansion of floor slabs and framing results in outward deflection of columns and potential overload; WTC Building 5; local collapse mechanisms; WTC Building 7