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  • Disproportionate Collapse in Building Structures. 

    JANSSENS, VICTORIA MARIA; O'DWYER, DERMOT WILLIAM (2010)
    The failure of the Ronan Point apartment tower focused interest in disproportionate collapse, and prompted the ?Fifth Amendment? to the UK Building Regulations which was introduced in 1970. From this point on structures ...
  • The Importance of Dynamic Effects in Progressive Collapse 

    O'DWYER, DERMOT WILLIAM; JANSSENS, VICTORIA (2010)
    This paper presents a methodology to assess the extent of damage to a multi-storey structure following localised collapse. This is accomplished through the design of an algorithm to track progressive collapse in a structure ...
  • A Systematic Analysis of the Vulnerability of Buildings to Localised Collapse 

    Janssens, Victoria; O' Dwyer, Dermot W (Civil-Comp Press, 2009)
    This paper presents a methodology to assess the extent of damage to a multi-storey structure due to localised collapse. This is accomplished through the design of an algorithm, to track progressive collapse in a structure, ...