Observations from the fire and collapse of the faculty of architecture building, delft university of technology

Michael D. Engelhardt; Brian Meacham; Venkatesh Kodur; Adam Kirk; Haejun Park; Ijsbrand Van Straalen; Johan Maljaars; Kees Van Weeren; Rene De Feijter; Kees Both

doi:10.1061/9780784412848.101

Observations from the fire and collapse of the faculty of architecture building, delft university of technology

Michael D. Engelhardt, Brian Meacham, Venkatesh Kodur, Adam Kirk, Haejun Park, Ijsbrand Van Straalen, Johan Maljaars, Kees Van Weeren, Rene De Feijter, Kees Both

Department of Architectural & Urban Systems Engineering

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Abstract

On May 13, 2008, a fire occurred at the Faculty of Architecture Building at the Delft University of Technology (TUD) in the Netherlands. The fire ultimately led to the collapse of a major portion of the building. Data was collected on this fire event by an international team that included researchers from the Netherlands and from the U.S. The data collection effort was followed by a preliminary structural analysis to identify possible contributing causes to the structural collapse. This paper will provide an overview of this fire event, a description of the structural system of the building, and results of preliminary analysis of structural response to the fire. The paper will conclude with a discussion of broader lessons learned on structural fire safety from this event.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Structures Congress 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress
Publisher	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages	1138-1149
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9780784412848
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784412848.101
State	Published - 2013
Event	Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Pittsburgh, PA, United States Duration: 2 May 2013 → 4 May 2013

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Name	Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress

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Conference	Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pittsburgh, PA
Period	2/05/13 → 4/05/13

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Engelhardt, M. D., Meacham, B., Kodur, V., Kirk, A., Park, H., Van Straalen, I., Maljaars, J., Van Weeren, K., De Feijter, R., & Both, K. (2013). Observations from the fire and collapse of the faculty of architecture building, delft university of technology. In Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress (pp. 1138-1149). (Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress). American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784412848.101

Engelhardt, Michael D. ; Meacham, Brian ; Kodur, Venkatesh et al. / Observations from the fire and collapse of the faculty of architecture building, delft university of technology. Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2013. pp. 1138-1149 (Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress).

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Engelhardt, MD, Meacham, B, Kodur, V, Kirk, A, Park, H, Van Straalen, I, Maljaars, J, Van Weeren, K, De Feijter, R & Both, K 2013, Observations from the fire and collapse of the faculty of architecture building, delft university of technology. in Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress. Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp. 1138-1149, Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 2/05/13. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784412848.101

Observations from the fire and collapse of the faculty of architecture building, delft university of technology. / Engelhardt, Michael D.; Meacham, Brian; Kodur, Venkatesh et al.
Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2013. p. 1138-1149 (Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress).

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Engelhardt MD, Meacham B, Kodur V, Kirk A, Park H, Van Straalen I et al. Observations from the fire and collapse of the faculty of architecture building, delft university of technology. In Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 2013. p. 1138-1149. (Structures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress). doi: 10.1061/9780784412848.101

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