Modeling Consequences due to Failure of Extraordinary Structures

Michael Havbro Faber Nielsen; Oliver Kübler; Mario Fontana

Modeling Consequences due to Failure of Extraordinary Structures

Michael Havbro Faber Nielsen, Oliver Kübler, Mario Fontana

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Abstract

The collapse of the World Trade Centre buildings in New York on September 11, 2001 constitutes the first event in where buildings of the aforementioned type have failed completely. Despite the atypical and meaningless cause of the tragic failure it might be possible to learn something from the event, whereby the design basis of similar future structures can be enhanced. Of special importance is the assessment of the actual consequences in case of failure. The present paper considers the development of a …

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management
Number of pages	5
Publisher	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date	2004
Pages	488-493
Publication status	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes

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