- Author
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Gann, R. G.
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Hamins, A.
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McGrattan, K. B.
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Mulholland, G. W.
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Nelson, H. E.
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Ohlemiller, T. J.
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Pitts, W. M.
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Prasad, K. R.
- Title
- Reconstruction of the Fires in the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NIST NCSTAR 1-5,
September 2005,
240 p.
- Keywords
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World Trade Center
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high rise buildings
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building collapse
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disasters
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fire safety
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fire investigations
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terrorists
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terrorism
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reconstruction
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fire models
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validation
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fire tests
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combustibles
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interior finishes
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interior furnishings
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heat transfer
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simulation
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thermal response
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; visual evidence; simultion of the WTC fires and thermal environments
- Abstract
- The collapses of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, resulted from a combination of aircraft impact damage and the ensuing fires. This report documents: The information obtained on the factors that affected the nature, duration and location of the fires and how this was obtained; The development and validation of the fire model used to simulate the fires; Descriptions of the most likely fires, as they were reconstructed; and The modeling and validation of the heat transfer from the fires to the buildings' structural members.