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Reconstruction of the Thermal Environment in the Tall World Trade Center Buildings

Published

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, Anthony P. Hamins, Kevin B. McGrattan, Thomas J. Ohlemiller, Kuldeep R. Prasad, William M. Pitts, Harold E. Nelson

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted an extensive investigation of the collapse of the three tall World Trade Center (WTC) buildings. This paper describes the reconstruction of the fires, the thermal environment they created within the buildings, and the raising of the temperatures of the structural components.
Citation
Fire Technology
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

Fire, fire modeling, fire model validation, fire tests, fire safety, World Trade Center
Buildings and Construction, Fire and Disaster and failure studies

Citation

Gann, R. , Hamins, A. , McGrattan, K. , Ohlemiller, T. , Prasad, K. , Pitts, W. and Nelson, H. (2013), Reconstruction of the Thermal Environment in the Tall World Trade Center Buildings, Fire Technology (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created January 11, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017
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