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Author
Reitzel, E.
Title
Structural Design of Tall Buildings With a Minimal Risk of Collapse.
Coporate
Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby
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, 599-606 p., 2003
Keywords
World Trade Center | high rise buildings | structural loading | structural design | building collapse | structures | flexibility | deformation
Identifiers
World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; shock absorbers; MEGA-structures; minimizing of risk for a total collapse; progressive collapse; dynamic forces; hierarchic structures; flexibility versus strength