Peer reviewed documents explaining the WTC collapse

I see there has been a lot of discussion here questioning the NIST summary of the WTC collapse. Here's some light reading for all of the deniers, these are all peer-reviewed papers, studies, tests, and other documents by experts in the field that explain and support NIST report. Again, I am still looking for anything from you that contradicts any of this.

These are focused on analysis & modeling of progressive collapse.
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This first book is great. It's a structural engineer's explicitly discusses the analysis of progressive collapse of tall buildings, and includes a specific section on the WTC towers.

It’s a little pricey, and you cannot download it. You have to read it on-line.

Structural Analysis and Design to Prevent Disproportionate Collapse,
Feng Fu, City University, London, UK
CRC Press.
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Papers that support NIST, Bibliography, Engineers’ info on collapse


And this one is superb. It discusses new ways that structural engineers have been generating, since 9/11, in order to analyze collapse of buildings.

Energy flow in progressive collapse of steel framed buildings
Stefan Szyniszewski, Ted Krauthammer

Bechtel Power Corporation, US Nuclear Projects, Frederick, MD 21703
Dept. of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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Dominant Factor in the Collapse of WTC-1
Konstantinos Miamis, Ayhan Irfanoglu, and Mete A. Sozen
Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities Aug 2009, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 203-208

The behavior of the World Trade Center Tower 1 on September 11, 2001 is studied in light of experimental data on the effect of elevated temperature on mechanical properties of structural steel. It is concluded that the damage inflicted by aircraft impact on the insulation of the core framing was the dominant factor in the collapse of the structure.
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Irfanoglu, A. (2012). "Using Numerical Simulations and Engineering Reasoning under Uncertainty: Studying the Collapse of WTC-1." Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2010.00700.x, 65-76.
Online publication date: 1-Jan-2012
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J. of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ASCE, 06/2007
An Engineering Perspective of the Collapse of WTC-1
Ayhan Irfanoglu1 and Christoph M. Hoffmann

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Structural Response of WTC 7 Floor Systems to Fire
Therese McAllister and John L. Gross
Structures Congress 2010: 2351-2360.
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Omika Y., Fukuzawa E., Koshika N., Morikawa H., and Fukuda R. (2005).
“Structural responses of World Trade Center under aircraft attacks.”
J. Structural Engineering, 131(1), 6-15
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Wierzbicki T. and Teng X. (2003).
“How the airplane wing cut through the exterior columns of the World Trade Center.”
Int. J. Impact Engineering, 28, 601-625
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Modeling Behavior and Failure of Steel Connections Subject to Elevated Temperatures
O. O. Erbay, A. T. Sarawit, and M. S. Zarghamee
Structures Congress 2010: 2361-2368.
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Steel Connection Design for Structural Integrity
Ronald O. Hamburger, Kurt Gustafson, and Ned L. Cleland
Structures Congress 2008: 1-9.
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Effects of Thermal Expansion and Support Restraints on Performance of Composite Floors in Fire
H. Mostafaei and F. Alfawakhiri
Structures Congress 2011: 427-438.
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Mechanical Properties of Structural Steel under Post-Impact Fire
Mahsa Mirmomeni, Amin Heidarpour, Xiao-Ling Zhao, Jeffrey A. Packer, and Chengqing Wu
Structures Congress 2015: 87-98.
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Stability Behavior and Design of Steel Columns under Fire Loading
Anil Agarwal, Amit H. Varma, Lisa Choe, and Guillermo Cedeno
Structures Congress 2009: 1-10.
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Analysis of Creep Buckling of Steel Columns Subjected to Fire
M. A. Morovat, J. Lee, M. D. Engelhardt, T. A. Helwig, and E. M. Taleff
Structures Congress 2011: 2929-2940.
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Stability Behavior of Steel Building Structures with Perimeter MRFs under Fire Loading Effects
Anil Agarwal, Amit H. Varma, and Guillermo Cedeno
Structures Congress 2009: 1-10.
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Behavior of Floor Systems under Realistic Fire Loading
Guillermo Cedeno, Amit H. Varma, and Anil Agarwal
Structures Congress 2009: 1-10.
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Fire Induced Progressive Collapse of Steel Building Structures
Anil Agarwal and Amit H. Varma
Structures Congress 2012: 235-245.
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New Fire Resistance Test for Loaded Unrestrained Beams
R. M. Berhinig and F. Alfawakhiri
Structures Congress 2014: 1175-1184.
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Methodologies for Progressive Collapse Analysis
Steven W. Kirkpatrick, Robert MacNeill, Joseph L. Smith, Kenneth Herrle, and Mikhael Erekson
Structures Congress 2009: 1-10.
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Systems for Structural Failure Investigations in the United States
Norbert J. Delatte
Forensic Engineering 2015: 569-578.
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Systems for Structural Failure Investigations in the United States
Norbert J. Delatte
Forensic Engineering 2015: 569-578.
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Symmetric and Asymmetric Collapse Mechanisms of a Multi-Story Steel Structure subjected to Gravity and Fire
Sami And Kilic and Serdar Selamet
Structures Congress 2013: 2545-2554.
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Building Code Evolution Due to Extreme Events
S. Nikolaou and R. Gilsanz
Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016: 712-723.
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Behavior of Steel Single-Plate Beam End Framing Connections in Fire
Guanyu Hu and Michael D. Engelhardt
Structures Congress 2010: 1554-1565.
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Karim, M.R. and Fatt M.S.H. (2005). “Impact of the Boeing 767 aircraft into the World Trade Center.” J. Engineering Mechanics, 131(10), 1066-1072
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Procedure for Simplified Analysis of Perimeter Columns under Fire
Spencer E. Quiel, Maria E. Moreyra Garlock, and Ignacio Paya-Zaforteza
Structures Congress 2010: 1580-1591.
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Impact Resistance of Ductile Spray-Applied Fire-Resistive Materials
Qian Zhang and Victor C. Li
Structures Congress 2015: 1585-1595
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Ductile Fire-Resistive Material for Enhanced Fire Safety Under Multi-Hazards - A Feasibility Study
Qian Zhang and Victor C. Li
Structures Congress 2014: 1148-1158.
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Parameters Influencing Collapse Resistance of Building Structures Subjected to Fire Loading
Anil Agarwal, Amit H. Varma, and Kristi L. Selden
Structures Congress 2013: 2578-2589.
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Predicting the Standard Fire Behavior of Composite Steel Beams
Guillermo A. Cedeno, Amit H. Varma, and Jay Gore
Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VI: 642-656.
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Investigation of Time-Dependent Buckling of Steel Columns Exposed to Fire Temperatures
M. A. Morovat, M. D. Engelhardt, T. A. Helwig, and E. M. Taleff
Structures Congress 2012: 2095-2106.
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Fu, F. (2009).
“Progressive collapse analysis of high-rise building with 3-D finite element modeling method”,
Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 65, 1269-1278.
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Hoffmann, C.; Popescu, V.; Kilic, S. A.; Sozen, M. (2004).
Modeling, simulation, and visualization: The Pentagon on September 11th,
Computing in Science & Engineering (CISE), 6(1), 52-60.
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Izzuddin, B.A., Vlassis, A.G., Elghazouli, A.Y., Nethercot, D.A. (2009). “Progressive collapse of multi-storey buildings due to sudden column loss – Part I: Simplified assessment framework”,
Engineering Structures, 30, 1308-1318.
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Kwasniewski, L. (2010).
“Nonlinear dynamic simulations of progressive collapse for a multistory building”,
Engineering Structures, 32, 1223-1235.
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Lange, D., Roeben, C., Usmani, A. (2012).
“Tall building collapse mechanisms initiated by fire: Mechanisms and design methodology”,
Engineering Structures, 36, 90-103
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Sadek, F., El-Tawil, S., Lew, H.S. (2008).
“Robustness of composite floor systems with shear connections: Modeling, simulation, and evaluation”,
Journal of Structural Engineering ASCE, 134 (11), 1717-1725
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Vlassis, A.G., Izzuddin, B.A., Elghazouli, A.Y., Nethercot, D.A. (2009).
“Progressive collapse of multi-storey buildings due to failed floor impact”,
Engineering Structures, 31, 1552-1534.
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Selamet S and Garlock ME. (2010).
Local buckling study of flanges and webs in I-shapes at elevated temperatures.
Structures Congress, pages 1592–1603, Orlando, FL. ASCE
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Selamet S (2013).
The impact of fire scenario to the collapse of a tall structure.
SEMC Fifth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa
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Modeling, Simulation, And Visualization: The Pentagon On September 11th
Chris Hoffmann, Voicu Popescu, Sami Kilic, And Mete Sozen
Purdue University
Computing In Science & Engineering, January/February 2004
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Flint, G., Usmani, A., Lamont, S., Lane, B., and Torero, J. (2007). "Structural Response of Tall Buildings to Multiple Floor Fires." J. Struct. Eng., 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2007)133:12(1719), 1719-1732.
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The World Trade Center 9/ll Disaster and Progressive Collapse of Tall Baildings
Panagiotis Kotsovinos anil Asij Usman, School of Engineering, The University
of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JF. UK
July 20I2
DOI: 10.1007/210694-012-0283-8
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Study On Conditions For Preventing Progressive Collapse In Multistory Steel Frames
S. Minami and S. Yamazaki
Assistant Prof., Dept. of Architecture and Building Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Emeritus, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan

http://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/art...05-05-0102.PDF
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All of these references have articles on one of the new, most important, previously neglected fields: Progressive Collapse.

All of these workshop reference the NIST Report.

Proceedings: Structures In Fires:
2nd International Workshop, 2002
Review Of The Performance Of Fire-exposed Buildings In The World Trade Center Incident Of September 11, 2001
James A. MILKE, Ph.D., P.E.
University of Maryland. Department of Fire Protection Engineering, College Park, MD, USA

Resistance Of Tall Buildings To Large Aircraft Impact And Fire
Gordon M E COOKE BSc PhD CEng MIMechE MICE FIFireE
International Fire Safety Consultant,
UK, London and Visiting Professor, School of Engineering, City University, London

Proceedings: Structures In Fires:
3rd International Workshop, 2004
4th International Workshop, 2005
5th International Workshop, 2006
6th International Workshop, 2010
7th International Workshop, 2012
8th International Workshop, 2014
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3-D Nonlinear Static Progressive Collapse Analysis of Multi-story Steel Braced Buildings
Tavakoli, Rashidi Alashti & Abdollahzadeh
Department of Civil Engineering, Babol University of Technology (BUT)

http://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/art...E2012_1112.pdf
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Simulating the Coupled Fire-Thermal Structural Response of Complex Building Assemblies
Kuldeep Prasad And Howard R. Baum
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
CTBUH, Oct. 2004, Seoul, S. Korea
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Fire Induced Progressive Collapse
David Scott, Barbara Lane, Craig Gibbons,
Arup, 155 Ave of the Americas, NY, NY10013

https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nibs.o...cott_paper.pdf
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(Says nothing about WTC or 9/11, but interesting)

Progressive Collapse of Steel Frames
Kamel Sayed Kandil, Ehab Abd El Fattah Ellobody, Hanady Eldehemy

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufiya University, Shibin El Kom, Egypt;

Department of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.

http://file.scirp.org/pdf/WJET_2013110513305822.pdf
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Progressive Collapse Analysis of Steel Structures under Fire Conditions
By Ruirui Sun (1), Zhaohui Huang (2) and Ian Burgess (3)

(1) PhD Research Student, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK

(2) Reader, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH

(3) Professor, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, the University of Sheffield,
Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK

1. Introduction
Structural engineers have a responsibility for incorporating fire safety into their building designs in order to minimize loss of life and property. The collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York was a reminder of the potential of fire to cause devastating failures of high-rise buildings by initiating progressive collapse.

http://dspace.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream...2/Fulltext.pdf
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Abboud, N., Levy, M., Tennant, D., Mould, J., Levine, H., King, S., Ekwueme, C., Jain, A. and Hart, G. Anatomy of the World Trade Center Collapses: A Structural Engineering Investigation. Proceedings of the 3th Forensic Engineering Congress, ASCE, Oct. 19-21, San Diego, CA, 2003

[Abboud, 2010] – Abboud, N., McArthur, C., Beyler, C., Fay, T., and Iwankiw, N. Significance of Common U.S. Construction Details on Fire Resilience of Structural Steel Floor Systems. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Structures in Fire, East Lansing, MI, 2010
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Quintiere, J. G., Di Marzo, M. and Becker, R., Fire Safety Journal, 37, 7, (2002) 707-716.

Usmani, A. S., Chung, Y. C., and Torero, J. L., Fire Safety Journal, 38, 6, (2003) 501-533.

Choi, S. K., Burgess, I. W., and Plank, R. J., “ The behavior of Lightweight Composite Floor Trusses in Fire,” Designing Structure for Fire, Society of Fire Protection Engineers and Structural Engineering Institute, Baltimore, MD, 2003.

McAllister, T.P., ed., World Trade Center Building Performance Study: Data Collection, preliminary observations and recommendations, Technical report FEMA 403, Federal Emergency Management Agency, (2002).

McGrattan, K. B., Baum H. R., Rehm, R. G., Hamins, A., Forney, G. P., Floyd, J. E., Hostikka, S., and Prasad, K., “Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 3) – Technical Reference Guide” National Institute of Standards and Technology Report NISTIR 6783, (2002).

Prasad, K. and Baum, H. R., Proc. Combust. Inst., 30 (2005) 2255-2262, doi:10.1016/j.proci.2004.08.118