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Links to NIST's WTC7 Publications Including All Chapters and Volumes of Final Report

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Submitted by gretavo on Sat, 2008-08-30 04:18.
  • Link to WTC 7 Technical Briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 11 a.m. EDT
  • Detailed WTC 7 Technical Briefing Presentation Slides for Aug. 26
  • NIST WTC 7 Investigation Finds Building Fires Caused Collapse, 08/21/08
  • Questions and Answers about the NIST WTC 7 Investigation
  • Opening Statement Press Briefing, August 21, 2008, Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center
    Building 7
  • NIST Response to the World Trade Center Investigation Disaster Presentation, Dr. S. Shyam Sunder, Director and Lead Investigator, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, NIST
  • NIST NCSTAR 1A, Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7
  • NIST NCSTAR 1-9, Structural Fire Response and Probable Collapse Sequence of World Trade Center Building 7
  • NIST NCSTAR 1-9A, Global Structural Analysis of the Response of World Trade Center Building 7 to Fires and Debris Impact Damage
  • Video: The Collapse of World Trade Center 7: Why the Building Fell
  • Process for Submitting Comments on the WTC 7 Draft Reports
  • Download High-Res Graphics: Typical WTC 7 Floor Diagram (2 MB) and Thermal Expansion Illustration (29 MB)
  • Link to WTC 7 Report Webcast, Thursday, Aug. 21, 11 a.m. EDT
  • NIST to Release Report and Recommendations from Investigation of World Trade Center Building 7
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    juandelacruz's picture

    Hi G!I found this

    Submitted by juandelacruz on Tue, 2008-09-09 03:06.

    Hi G!

    I found this interesting report done for the NIST.

    When people assert that no steel framed building has ever completely collapsed due to fire except on 9-11, this might come in handy to back up the assertion. You just need to take a look at the matrix listing various building collapses, then check off all the steel framed buildings. None of them had a total collapse except for those in the WTC complex. They could not find even one steel framed building that collapsed totally due to fire, and I bet they tried real hard.

    Historical Survey of Multi-Story Building Collapses Due to Fire

    by

    Beitel, J. J., Hughes Associates, Inc
    Iwankiw, N. R., Hughes Associates, Inc.

    Introduction
    This project was conducted for the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) under Contact Number NA1341-02-W-0686. It was commissioned to assess the needs and existing capabilities for full-scale fire resistance testing of structural connections under the direction of NIST Program Manager, William Grosshandler. The Scope of Work consisted of three separate Tasks, one of which was to conduct a survey of historical information on fire occurrences in multi-story buildings, which resulted in full or partial structural collapse. The results of this individual Task are the subject of this paper.
    Either partial or total failure of the structural framing, members, and/or connections was considered to have met the definition of “collapse.” A multi-story building was defined to consist of 4 or more stories.

    http://www.haifire.com/presentations/Historical_Collapse_Survey.pdf

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