Progressive collapse of towers: The resistance effect

Genady P. Cherepanov; Ivan E. Esparragoza

doi:10.1007/s10704-007-9060-y

Progressive collapse of towers: The resistance effect

Genady P. Cherepanov, Ivan E. Esparragoza

Penn State Brandywine

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Abstract

In the recent paper (Cherepanov, 2006), objections were raised against the widely accepted version of the WTC collapse and an alternative calculation was presented. The present work uses the model advanced in the mentioned paper and incorporates the effect of non-zero resistance that slows down the progressive collapse. The analysis shows that the collapses of twin towers started from a floor located significantly lower than the floors hit by terrorists.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	203-206
Number of pages	4
Journal	International Journal of Fracture
Volume	143
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-007-9060-y
State	Published - Jan 2007

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Computational Mechanics
Modeling and Simulation
Mechanics of Materials

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