Citation

Miamis K, Irfanoglu A, Sozen MA. J. Perform. Constr. Facil. 2009; 23(4): 203-208.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, American Society of Civil Engineers)

DOI

10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000014

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The behavior of the World Trade Center Tower 1 on September 11, 2001 is studied in light of experimental data on the effect of elevated temperature on mechanical properties of structural steel. It is concluded that the damage inflicted by aircraft impact on the insulation of the core framing was the dominant factor in the collapse of the structure.