- Author
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Lange, D.
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Usmani, A.
- Title
- Collapse of Tall Buildings in Multi-Storey Fires.
- Coporate
- Edinburgh Univ., Scotland
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Ninth (9th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 21-26, 2008,
Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA,
Karlsruhe, Germany,
Karlsson, B., Editors,
1291-1302 p.,
2008
- Keywords
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fire safety
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fire science
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high rise buildings
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building collapse
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structural collapse
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performance based design
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floors
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thermal response
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equaitons
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steel structures
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methodology
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columns
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building design
- Identifiers
- collapse mechanisms of tall buildings exposed to multiple floor fires; weak floor collapse mechanism; strong floor collapse mechanism; determination of the pull-in forces; structure and thermal loading; floor mechanical loading; lumn mechanical loading; check for weak floor collapse mechanism; check for strong floor collapse mechanism; pull-in forces; World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; collapse potential of a frame in multiple floor fires