Collapse Scenarios of High-Rise Buildings Using Plastic Limit Analysis
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2009, Issue 2009 (31 Dec. 2009), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2009-08-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York, USA collapsed on 11 September, 2001.
The incident is regarded as the most severe disaster for high-rise buildings in history.
Investigations into the collapse scenarios are still being conducted.
Possible collapse scenarios assessed by local and international experts were reported.
Another possible collapse scenario of the WTC based on two hypotheses was proposed in this paper, and the idea of plastic limit analysis was applied to evaluate the approximate limit load.
According to the theory analysis and numerical calculations, a conclusion can be drawn that the large fires, aroused by the terrorist attack, play a significant role on the collapse of the WTC.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Liu, G.& Liu, D. K.& Chow, W. K.. 2009. Collapse Scenarios of High-Rise Buildings Using Plastic Limit Analysis. Advances in Civil Engineering،Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Liu, G.…[et al.]. Collapse Scenarios of High-Rise Buildings Using Plastic Limit Analysis. Advances in Civil Engineering No. 2009 (2009), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Liu, G.& Liu, D. K.& Chow, W. K.. Collapse Scenarios of High-Rise Buildings Using Plastic Limit Analysis. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2009. Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-9.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-471553