- Author
- Lamont, S. | Lane, B. | Usmani, A.
- Title
- Behaviour of Multi-Storey Composite Steel Frame Structures in Response to Compartment Fires.
- Coporate
- Arup Fire, London, England Edinburgh Univ., Scotland
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Beijing, China, Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors, 177-188 p., 2005
- Keywords
- fire research | fire safety | fire science | compartment fires | steel structures | structural response | structural design | World Trade Center | steel beams | design fires | mechanisms | failure | building collapse | scenarios | high rise buildings | beams | structural engineering | fire protection engineering
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; develop better solutions for fire; take advantage of intrinsic design strengths; design out any intrinsic design weakness; progressive collapse mechanisms in tall structures