- Author
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Lew, H. S.
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Carino, N. J.
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Fattal, S. G.
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Batts, M. E.
- Title
- Investigation of Construction Failure of Harbour Cay Condominium in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Department of Labor, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS BSS 145,
August 1982,
136 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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residential buildings; collapse; accident investigations; concrete construction; shear properties; shear stress; concrete slabs; structural design; florida
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shear stress
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concrete slabs
- Identifiers
- progressive collapse; cocoa beach (florida)
- Abstract
- The investigation of the collapse of a five-story reinforced concrete flat-plate structure under construction at Cocoa Beach, Florida is presented in this report. The investigation included onsite inspection, laboratory tests and analytical studies. Based on the results of this investigation, it is concluded that the most probable cause of the failure was insufficient punching shear capacity in the fifth-floor slab to resist the applied construction loads.