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Cause of the Condominium Collapse in Cocoa Beach, Florida
This paper gives the results of an investigation, by a team from the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), into the collapse of a five-story flat plate condominium building in Cocoa Beach, Florida. The collapse occurred on March 27, 1981, while the casting of the roof was in progress; 11 workers were killed and 23 were injured. The NBS investigators conducted onsite inspections, made laboratory tests, and made analytical studies. It was concluded that the most probable cause of the collapse was inadequate punching shear capacity in the fifth-floor slab to resist the imposed construction loads. The punching shear capacity was inadequate due to the combined effects of two factors: one in the design the other in the construction of the building. The omission of punching shear and deflection analyses in the design resulted in a thinner slab than that required to satisfy applicable Code requirements.
Cause of the Condominium Collapse in Cocoa Beach, Florida
This paper gives the results of an investigation, by a team from the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), into the collapse of a five-story flat plate condominium building in Cocoa Beach, Florida. The collapse occurred on March 27, 1981, while the casting of the roof was in progress; 11 workers were killed and 23 were injured. The NBS investigators conducted onsite inspections, made laboratory tests, and made analytical studies. It was concluded that the most probable cause of the collapse was inadequate punching shear capacity in the fifth-floor slab to resist the imposed construction loads. The punching shear capacity was inadequate due to the combined effects of two factors: one in the design the other in the construction of the building. The omission of punching shear and deflection analyses in the design resulted in a thinner slab than that required to satisfy applicable Code requirements.
Cause of the Condominium Collapse in Cocoa Beach, Florida
H. S. Lew (author) / N. J. Carino (author) / S. G. Fattal (author)
1982
10 pages
Report
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English