Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? — Simple Analysis
| Author(s): |
Zdeněk P. Bažant
Yong Zhou |
|---|---|
| Medium: | journal article |
| Language(s): | English |
| Published in: | International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, December 2001, n. 4, v. 1 |
| Page(s): | 603-615 |
| DOI: | 10.1142/s0219455401000366 |
| Abstract: |
This paper presents a simplified approximate analysis of the overall collapse of the towers of World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001. The analysis shows that if prolonged heating caused the majority of columns of a single floor to lose their load carrying capacity, the whole tower was doomed. Despite optimistic simplifying assumptions, the structural resistance is found to be an order of magnitude less than necessary for survival. |
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