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Author
Sakula, J. | Hulton, F.
Title
Interaction of Height-Dependent Performance Properties for Facades of Tall Buildings.
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, 607-613 p., 2003
Keywords
World Trade Center | high rise buildings | structural loading | facades | cladding | glazing materials | wind effects | bombs (ordnance) | blasts | impact | sould (noise) | fire resistance
Identifiers
World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; bomb blast; peak pressures on facade adjacent to the charge (kPa); specific impulses on facade adjacent to the charge (kPa-msec); typical laminated glazing thicknesses on facade adjacent to the charge (mm); varistion of hard body impact energy with height; racking due to wind or seismic effects; axial shortening and differential settlement