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Author
Kealy, M.
Title
Fire Engineering of Tall Buildings Lessons Learned From 9/11.
Coporate
WSP Fire, London, England
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, 673-679 p., 2003
Keywords
World Trade Center | high rise buildings | fire protection engineering | fire protection | architects | structures | structural design | fire tests | sprinklers | evacuation | elevators (lifts) | fire fighting | ventilation | pressurization
Identifiers
World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; performance-based fire engineering; passive fire protection; active fire protection; alternatives to pressurisation/ventilation of fire fighting