Explanation of the collapse of Terminal 2E at Roissy–CDG Airport by nonlinear deterministic and reliability analyses

The collapse of Terminal 2E Roissy at Charles de Gaulle Airport that failed eleven months after its inauguration in 2004 and left four casualties is investigated in this paper by performing deterministic and reliability analyses using the finite element software Ansys. The aim of this study is to as...

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Main Authors: Hikmat Daou, Walaa Abou Salha, Wassim Raphael, Alaa Chateauneuf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Case Studies in Construction Materials
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214509518303607