Abstract: The 29-span highway bridge across the Sava River at Brcko, Bosnia, dates to 1894 and suffered the destruction of four deck trusses during the recent war. Following the deployment of U.S. peace keepers, the swift reopening ...

Abstract: The truck bombing of the Murrah Building caused significant damage to this structure. From the characteristics of the bomb crater, it was determined that the explosion yielded energy comparable to that from the detonation ...

Abstract: In May 1995, the Federal Emergency Management Agency deployed a building performance assessment team composed of ASCE and federal government engineers to investigate damage caused by the malevolent bombing of the Alfred ...

Abstract: From visual inspection and analysis of the damage that occurred in the Murrah Building as a result of a blast caused by a large truck bomb, it is shown that progressive collapse extended the damage beyond that caused ...

Abstract: The collection and organization of data for infrastructure assessment have traditionally been laborious and lengthy tasks. Smartphones now provide the needed hardware and software to ease the burden of these chores. The ...

Abstract: An overview of fire damage sustained by the Pentagon structural elements in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack is provided. The fire intensity in some compartments of the affected areas inside the Pentagon was ...

Abstract: The devastation in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon was reduced by the building’s resilient structural system. The continuity, redundancy, and energy-absorbing capacity embodied in this system should ...

Abstract: On September 11, 2001, the reinforced concrete structure of the Pentagon Building was able to resist, without collapse, the impact of a large commercial airliner despite the total loss of 26 columns and severe damage to ...

Abstract: On September 11, 2001, an airliner was intentionally crashed into the Pentagon. It struck at the first elevated slab on the west wall, and slid approximately