Why did World Trade Center collapse? -- Simple analysis

DOI10.1007/S004190100189MaRDI QIDQ5957067zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Zdeněk P. Bažant, Y. Zhou

Publication date 27 May 2002

Published in Archive of Applied Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s004190100189

zbMATH Keywords

columnsenergy dissipationfailureheatingimpactload-carrying capacityplastic bucklingtall buildingsWorld Trade Center collapse

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thermal effects in solid mechanics (74F05) Bifurcation and buckling (74G60) Micromechanics of solids (74M25) Fracture and damage (74R99)

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