Collapse Scenarios of High-Rise Buildings Using Plastic Limit Analysis

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 loc...

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Main Authors: G. Liu, D. K. Liu, W. K. Chow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Advances in Civil Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/429169
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