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Author
Quintiere, J. G. | diMarzo, M. | Becker, R.
Title
Suggested Cause of the Fire-Induced Collapse of the World Trade Towers. Short Communication.
Coporate
Maryland Univ., College Park Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Journal
Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 37, No. 7, 707-716, October 2002
Keywords
World Trade Center | building collapse | temperature | heat transfer | steels | equations
Identifiers
diagram of suggested sequence of events triggering progressive collapse; time for critical events (minutes); truss rods