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Author
Corley, W. G.
Title
What We Learned: Building Performance Study of the WTC Collapse.
Coporate
Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc., Skokie, IL
Journal
Building Safety Journal, Vol. 1, No. 7, 8-13, September 2003
Keywords
World Trade Center | building collapse | education | structural design | damage | fire damage | investigations | building design | flameproofing | fire protection | egress | structural members
Identifiers
World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; impact damage to exterior columns on the north face of WTC 1; approximate debris location on the 91st floor of WTC 1; expansion of floor slabs and framing results in outward deflection of columns and potential overload; WTC Building 5; local collapse mechanisms; WTC Building 7