- Author
- Lange, D. | 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
- fire safety | fire science | high rise buildings | building collapse | structural collapse | performance based design | floors | thermal response | equaitons | steel structures | methodology | columns | 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