Publication detail

Dynamics of Collapse of a High Building

NĚMEC, I. JURÁŇOVÁ, M. ŠEVČÍK, I. FRANTÍK, P. VLK, Z.

Original Title

Dynamics of Collapse of a High Building

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper is a contribution to the discussion about the fall of the New York World Trade Center (WTC) towers in 2001. The differential equation of the collapse of a high building is derived by taking into account many infuences. A computer simulation of the collapse the WTC building is presented using two independent programs with parameter variations. The results of both, differential equation and computer simulation, are compared resulting correspondences. The authors consider certain probable parameters with would have lessened both the observable speed of the collapse and its extent, however uncertainty regarding the magnitudes of the parameters remains.

Keywords

Dynamics, collapse, WTC (World Trade Center)

Authors

NĚMEC, I.; JURÁŇOVÁ, M.; ŠEVČÍK, I.; FRANTÍK, P.; VLK, Z.

RIV year

2012

Released

25. 6. 2012

Publisher

David Publishing

Location

USA

ISBN

2159-5275

Periodical

Journal of Mechanics Engineering and Automation

Year of study

2

Number

6

State

United States of America

Pages from

349

Pages to

354

Pages count

6

URL

http://www.davidpublisher.org/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=3888.html

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/70156

BibTex

@article{BUT98438,
  author="Ivan {Němec} and Martina {Juráňová} and Ivan {Ševčík} and Petr {Frantík} and Zbyněk {Vlk}",
  title="Dynamics of Collapse of a High Building",
  journal="Journal of Mechanics Engineering and Automation",
  year="2012",
  volume="2",
  number="6",
  pages="349--354",
  doi="10.17265/2159-5275/2012.06.002",
  issn="2159-5275",
  url="http://www.davidpublisher.org/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=3888.html"
}