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The Towers Lost and Beyond
A collection of essays on the WTC by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Urban Warriors
New Yorker article.
Engineering and Organizational Issues Related to The World Trade Center Terrorist Attack
MCEER Special Report Series on the World Trade Center Attack
One Year Later...Dawn Breaks
September 2001 Issue, McGraw-Hill Construction New York (in pdf format)
Corps of Engineers tackle debris management mission at World Trade Center
A report prepared by US Army Corps of Engineers. In PDF format.
Fire Protection of Steel Structures
A report prepared by Ludwig Silberring, Silberring Engineering Ltd. Submitted by Ludwig Silberring.
American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center
Excerpts From "American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center" by William Langewiesche. Published by the The Atlantic Monthly.
Proposed Plan: National Building and Fire Safty Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Putting the Wet Stuff on the Red Stuff - On the effectiveness of Water Spray Systems in controlling fires in High-Rise Buildings and some recommendations in the wake of the World Trade Center disaster
By Arthur Scheuerman, Battalion Chief FDNY (Retired), Former Deputy Chief Instructor Nassau County Fire Training Academy and high-rise Fire Safety Director NYC. Submitted by Arthur Scheuerman
Reflections on the World Trade Center
Les Robertson wrote about the World Trade Center and its collapse on The Bridge, a publication of the National Academy of Engineering.
World Trade Center "Bathtub": From Genesis to Armageddon
The author of this article was the engineer who oversaw the construction of the World Trade Center "bathtub". In this article, the engineer describes the recovery efforts.
World Trade Center Building Performance Study
ASCE and FEMA report, with more data.
Word Trade Center Building Performance Study: Data Collections, Preliminary Observations, and Recommendations
A report prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the American Society of Civil Engineers. Hosted by House Committee On Science
Principles and Preliminary Blueprint for the Future of Lower Manhattan
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Rebuilding the World Trade Center
A report by Construction Institute, ASCE. In PDF format.
Summary of Trade Center Report
New York Times
It Was the Fire, Caused the Twin Tower Collapse
By Arthur Scheuerman, Battalion Chief FDNY (Retired), Former Deputy Chief Instructor Nassau County Fire Training Academy and high-rise Fire Safety Director NYC. Submitted by Arthur Scheuerman
Falling Down: IEEE Spectrum Special Interview with Dr. W. Gene Corley
IEEE Spectrum
Testimony of Dr. W. Gene Corley on WTC Analysis before U.S. House of Representatives
ASCE Report. In PDF format.
Environmental Studies of the World Trade Center area after the September 11, 2001 attack
U. S. Geological Survey, Open File Report OFR-01-0429
World Trade Center Disaster: Structural Engineers at Ground Zero
By August Domel, Jr. for National Council of Structural Engineers Associations. In PDF format.
Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse?--Simple Analysis
By Zdenek P. Bazant, Northwestern University. In PDF format.
Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? Science, Engineering, and Speculation
By Thomas W. Eagar and Christopher Musso. Journal of Materials.
An Initial Microstructural Analysis of A36 Steel from WTC Building 7
By J.R. Barnett, R.R. Biederman, and R.D. Sisson, Jr. Journal of Materials.
Better Materials Can Reduce the Threat from Terrorism
By Toni Grobstein Maréchaux. Journal of Materials.
The Tower Builder
By John Seabrook. The New Yorker
September Eleventh: The Days After, The Days Ahead
Civil Engineering Magazine, ASCE
How safe are our skyscrapers?: The World Trade Center collapse
By Oral Buyukozturk and Franz-Josef Ulm. Professors of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT
Inferno at the World Trade Center, NY
By Eduardo Kausel, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT
World Trade Centre - New York - Some Engineering Aspects
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney
Technical Implications of The World Trade Center Collapse
By Sherri Scribner. Columbia University
Thomas J. Mackin's Analysis of the Collapse of the World Trade Center
A statement on how this analysis came about and a clarification of intent. By Tom Mackin at the University of Illinois
Northwestern Responds to the Events of September 11
A list of reports by the professors at the university.
Why did the World Trade Centre collapse? HERA's Structural Engineer provides a possible Answer
Charles Clifton. HERA
Elaboration on The World Trade Centre Collapse
HERA
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