- Author
- Burgess, I. W. | Choi, S. K. | Plank, R. J.
- Title
- Predicting the Collapse Behavior of Light Steel Floor Trusses in Fire.
- Coporate
- University of Sheffield, UK
- Book or Conf
- Strategies for Performance in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center. CIB-CTBUH Conference on Tall Buildings. Proceedings. Task Group on Tall Buildings: CIB TG50. CIB Publication No. 290. October 20-23, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Shafii, F.; Bukowski, R.; Klemencic, R., Editors, 119-125 p., 2003
- Keywords
- World Trade Center | high rise buildings | fire resistance | building collapse | steel trusses | deflection | floors | slabs (members) | reinforcement
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; cross-sectional details of the World Trade Center trusses used in the Vulcan analysis; effect of slab reinforcement on the performance of composite trusses; influence of end fixity at truss supports; effect of span length and load ratio