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RISLessons Learned on Improving Resistance of Buildings to Terrorist Attacks
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper presents some findings of the FEMA and SEI/ASCE sponsored studies of structural performance of New York’s World Trade Center (WTC) following the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the Murrah Building following ...
Parametric Study of Earthquake‐resistant Coupled Walls
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: A parametric investigation was conducted to determine the significance of selected structural and ground motion parameters on dynamic inelastic response of coupled wall structures. Structural parameters include: fundamental ...
Seismic Behavior of Coupled Wall Systems
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Structural walls connected by short coupling beams were investigated experimentally and analytically. Two one‐third scale coupled wall systems were tested with in‐plane reversing loads. The systems represented a lightly ...
The Oklahoma City Bombing: Analysis of Blast Damage to the Murrah Building
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
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 ...
The Oklahoma City Bombing: Structure and Mechanisms of the Murrah Building
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
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 ...
The Oklahoma City Bombing: Summary and Recommendations for Multihazard Mitigation
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
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 ...
Research Needs Related to Forensic Engineering of Constructed Facilities
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The Technical Council on Forensic Engineering created a Research Committee to identify research needs for constructed facilities that do not perform in accordance with established standards, to define research problems and ...
Assessment of Concrete in Sulfate Soils
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: An investigation of concrete exposed to sulfate soils is used to illustrate a methodology for the systematic study of the condition of concrete in service. Condition surveys of the site and tests of engineering properties ...
Can Strengthening for Earthquake Improve Blast and Progressive Collapse Resistance?
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Some engineers suggest that current seismic design provisions, both for new buildings and for strengthened existing buildings, can improve resistance to blast loads and progressive collapse. However, there have been few ...