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Spontaneous Collapse Mechanism of World Trade Center Twin Towers and Progressive Collapse in General

Journal Article · · Journal of Structural Engineering
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  1. Professor, Dept. of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. ORCID:
  2. McCormick Institute Professor and W. P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208 (corresponding author).
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Research Organization:
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
DOE Contract Number:
NE0008785
OSTI ID:
1978931
Journal Information:
Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 148, Issue 6; ISSN 0733-9445
Publisher:
American Society of Civil Engineers
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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