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Investigation of Construction Failure of Reinforced Concrete Cooling Tower at Willow Island, West Virginia (NBS IR 78-1578)

November 30, 1979

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Hai S. Lew, S. G. Fattal, J R. Shaver, T. A. Reinhold, B. J. Hunt

The collapse of the natural-draft hyperbolic concrete cooling tower unit no. 2 at the Pleasants Power Station at Willow Island, West Virginia has been investigated. This investigation included onsite inspections, laboratory tests of construction assembly

Investigation of the Skyline Plaza Collapse in Fairfax County, Virginia (NBS BSS 94)

February 28, 1977

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E. V. Leyendecker, S. G. Fattal

The collapse of the Skyline Plaza apartment building by as been studied by using information contained in case records of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor and obtained from on-site inspections by

Lubbock Tornado: A Survey of Building Damage in an Urban Area (NBS TN 558)

March 1, 1971

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N. F. Somes, R D. Dikkers, T. H. Boone

The Building Research Division of the National Bureau of Standards' Institute of Applied Technology sent a three-man team to investigate the damage to buildings and other structures caused by the tornado which struck Lubbock, Texas, on May 11, 1970. The

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