Description of Structural Damage Caused by the Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon
Authors: Paul F. Mlakar [email protected], Donald O. Dusenberry [email protected], James R. Harris [email protected], Gerald Haynes [email protected], Long T. Phan [email protected], and Mete A. Sozen [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 19, Issue 3
Abstract
On September 11, 2001, an airliner was intentionally crashed into the Pentagon. It struck at the first elevated slab on the west wall, and slid approximately diagonally into the building. The force of the collision demolished numerous columns and the façade of the exterior wall, and induced damage to first-floor columns and the first elevated slab over an area approximately wide and long. None of the building collapsed immediately. The portion that remained standing, even after an intense fire, sustained substantial damage at the first-floor level.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 19 • Issue 3 • August 2005
Pages: 197 - 205
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© 2005 ASCE.
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Received: Oct 27, 2004
Accepted: Jan 21, 2005
Published online: Aug 1, 2005
Published in print: Aug 2005
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Senior Research Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180. E-mail: [email protected]
Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc., 41 Seyon St. Building 1, Suite 500, Waltham, MA 02453. E-mail: [email protected]
Principal, J.R. Harris & Company, 1580 Lincoln St. Suite 770, Denver, CO 80203-1509. E-mail: [email protected]
Fire Protection Engineer, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Arson & Explosives Division, 800 K St. NW, Room 710, Washington, DC 20001. E-mail: [email protected]
Research Structural Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, Building 226, Room B-158, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. E-mail: [email protected]
Kettelhut Distinguished Professor of Structural Engineering, Purdue Univ., School of Civil Engineering, 129G Civil Engineering Building, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1284. E-mail: [email protected]
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