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

Le, Jia-Liang; Bažant, Zdeněk P.

doi:10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0003342

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

Journal Article · 01 June 2022 · Journal of Structural Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0003342· OSTI ID:1978931

^[1]; Bažant, Zdeněk P. ^[2]

Professor, Dept. of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. ORCID:; OSTI
McCormick Institute Professor and W. P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208 (corresponding author).

Not provided.

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, Journal Name: Journal of Structural Engineering Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 148; ISSN 0733-9445

Publisher:: American Society of Civil Engineers

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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