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Abstract
The February 5th collapse of a steel beam at the four-year-old David L Lawrence Convention center in Pittsburgh sounds alarms about the pitfall of slotted, beam-to-girder connection along the facilitiy's main expansion joint. Engineers fear that other steel frames with sliding connections may be "locked up."
The February 5th collapse of a steel beam at the four-year-old David L Lawrence Convention center in Pittsburgh sounds alarms about the pitfall of slotted, beam-to-girder connection along the facilitiy's main expansion joint. Engineers fear that other steel frames with sliding connections may be "locked up."
Date
3/2007
3/2007
Author(s)
Nadine Post
Nadine Post
Page(s)
10-11
10-11
Keyword(s)
structural failure; steel connector, expansion joint; Lawrence Convention Center
structural failure; steel connector, expansion joint; Lawrence Convention Center