- Author
- Kodur, V. K. R.
- Title
- Role of Fire Resistance Issues in the First Ever Collapse of a Steel-Framed Building: WTC 7.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- CIB 2004; NRCC-46279,
- Book or Conf
- CIB World Building Congress 2004 (CIB 2004): Building for the Future in conjunction with Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings, 5th International Conference (IAQVEC 2004) and Multipurpose High-Rise Towers and Tall Buildings, 6th International Conference (HTB). Proceedings. CIB HTB T3S1 Design for Fire Safety. May 1-7, 2004, Toronto, Canada, 1-12 p., 2004
- Keywords
- fire resistance | steel structures | building collapse | World Trade Center | damage | structural systems | fire protection | case histories | diesel fuel | fire growth | terrorists | terrorism
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; typical floor layout and elevation in WTC 7; fire performance of steel framed buildings; fire incidents in steel framed buildings