- Author
- Yokel, F. Y. | Pielert, J. H. | Schwab, A. R.
- Title
- Implementation of a Provision Against Progressive Collapse.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 75-715, August 1975,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- houses; precast concrete; collapse; failure; loads (forces); design criteria; walls; construction joints
- Identifiers
- breakthrough operation; industrialized housing; progressive collapse
- Abstract
- The design solutions used by five U.S. precast concrete housing systems to comply with a provision against progressive collapse are studied and compared. Some common characteristics of the design solutions are identified.