Zeuzzz, you may have seen this link bandied about by fake debunkers:
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4355078&postcount=165
It's their list of articles attempting to portray "scientific consensus" regarding the progressive collapse theory of the WTC, as espoused by NIST and Bazant. The briefest perusal shows that 90% of it is fluff. Not that the articles aren't scientific or peer-reviewed. It's just that very few of them are actual discussions and confirmations of the collapse scenario supposedly supported by the "vast majority" of the world's scientists.
See how many you can find that specifically corroborate NIST's/Bazant's findings. I found somewhere in the range of three to four:
Modeling pre-evacuation delay by occupants in World Trade Center Towers 1 and 2 on September 11, 2001 Kuligowski, E.D., Mileti, D.S. 2008 Fire Safety Journal
- An article about fire safety
World Trade Center building disaster: Stimulus for innovations Kodur, V.K.R. 2008 Indian Concrete Journal 82 (1), pp. 23-31
- Does this sound like an article reviewing and corroborating the NIST findings?
A collective undergraduate class project reconstructing the September 11, 2001 world trade center fire Marshall, A., Quintiere, J. 2007 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
- Quintiere, who later went on to criticize NIST for a poorly conducted investigation that included serious omissions.
"A new era": The limits of engineering expertise in a post-9/11 world
Pfatteicher, S.K.A. 2007 International Symposium on Technology and Society, Proceedings, art. no. 4362228
- Does this sound like an article reviewing and corroborating the NIST findings?
Progressive collapse of the World Trade Center: Simple analysis
Seffen, K.A. 2008 Journal of Engineering Mechanics 134 (2), pp. 125-132
- Dr. Seffen's been debunked by several different authors.
Scale modeling of the 96th floor of world trade center tower 1
Wang, M., Chang, P., Quintiere, J., Marshall, A. 2007 Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 21 (6), pp. 414-421
- This was research used in the NIST report itself. It is not a corroboration.
Failure of welded floor truss connections from the exterior wall during collapse of the world trade center towers
Banovic, S.W., Siewert, T.A. 2007 Welding Journal (Miami, Fla) 86 (9), pp. 263-s-272-s
- This was research used in the NIST report itself. It is not a corroboration.
The collapse of the world trade center towers: A metallurgist's view
Gayle, F.W. 2007 MRS Bulletin 32 (9), pp. 710-716
- Written by one of the original NIST investigators. This is not an outside corroboration.
Building code changes reflect world trade center investigation
Hansen, B. 2007 Civil Engineering 77 (9), pp. 22+24-25
- Does this sound like an article reviewing and corroborating the Bazant/NIST findings?
The structural steel of the World Trade Center towers Gayle, F.W., Banovic, S.W., Foecke, T., Fields, R.J., Luecke, W.E., McColskey, J.D., McCown, C., Siewert, T.A. 2006 Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention 6 (5), pp. 5-8
- Overview of the NIST investigation by NIST investigators. Not an outside corroboration.
Progressive collapse of structures: Annotated bibliography and comparison of codes and standards Mohamed, O.A. 2006 Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 20 (4), art. no. 001604QCF, pp. 418-425
- An annotated bibliography on technical discussion of the "under-researched" and apparently rather rare phenomenon of "progressive collapse". Does this sound like a review and corroboration of the Bazant/NIST collapse model?
A simple model of the World Trade Center fireball dynamics
Baum, H.R., Rehm, R.G., Quintiere, J.G. 2005 Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 30 II, pp. 2247-2254
- An article by NIST fire researchers about the fireball created by the jet impacts. This is not a review or corroboration of the Bazant/NIST collapse model.
Impact of the Boeing 767 Aircraft into the World Trade Center
Karim, M.R., Hoo Fatt, M.S. 2005 Journal of Engineering Mechanics 131 (10), pp. 1066-1072
- An analysis of the jet impact. Is it a review and corroboration of the Bazant/NIST collapse model? No. It isn't.
High-fidelity simulation of large-scale structures Hoffmann, C., Sameh, A., Grama, A. 2005 Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3515 (II), pp. 664-671
- Very interesting, but not a review and corroboration of the Bazant/NIST collapse model. In fact it doesn't look like it's about the WTC at all.
Collapses of the world trade center towers [No author name available] 2005 Indian Concrete Journal 79 (8), pp. 11-16
- Can't find this article anywhere, except on this very list which has been spammed across forums. Did find
this though, which includes this gem:
Industry updates: Fireproofing, staircases cited in World Trade Center report [No author name available] 2005 Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention 5 (4), pp. 34
- You mean there was fireproofing
and staircases in the World Trade Center?? That explains everything!
Funnily enough we have
Post, N.M.
"Study Absolves Twin Tower Trusses, Fireproofing" ENR v. 249, no. 19, (2002): 12-14.
September 11 and fracture mechanics - A retrospective Cherepanov, G.P. 2005 International Journal of Fracture 132 (2), pp. L25-L26
- Where does the author reference, and support, the Bazant/NIST model of the WTC collapses?
Structural responses of World Trade Center under aircraft attacks
Omika, Y., Fukuzawa, E., Koshika, N., Morikawa, H., Fukuda, R. 2005 Journal of Structural Engineering 131 (1), pp. 6-15
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Impact of the 2001 World Trade Center attack on critical interdependent infrastructures Mendonça, D., Lee II, E.E., Wallace, W.A. 2004 Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics 5, pp. 4053-4058
- Investigating the impacts on emergency services; transportation; information and communications; electric power; banking and finance; gas and oil production, storage and transportation; water supply; and government.
Utterly bogus entry. Unrelated to anything being discussed here.
Use of high-efficiency energy absorbing device to arrest progressive collapse of tall building Zhou, Q., Yu, T.X. 2004 Journal of Engineering Mechanics 130 (10), pp. 1177-1187
- Zhou co-wrote the original Bazant paper. In any case, has nothing to do with an analysis of Bazant/NIST. Another bogus entry.
Progressive analysis procedure for progressive collapse Marjanishvili, S.M. 2004 Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 18 (2), pp. 79-85
- An article attempting to validate the recently discovered phenom of "progressive collapse" which takes the notion of progressive collapse as a given.
Lessons learned on improving resistance of buildings to terrorist attacks
Corley, W.G. 2004 Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 18 (2), pp. 68-78
- Does not reference Bazant or NIST. Therefore, cannot possible be assessing the current collapse explanation.
Anatomy of a disaster: A structural investigation of the World Trade Center collapses Abboud, N., Levy, M., Tennant, D., Mould, J., Levine, H., King, S., Ekwueme, C., (...), Hart, G. 2003 Forensic Engineering, Proceedings of the Congress, pp. 360-370
- Does not reference Bazant or NIST. Ditto.
World Trade Center disaster: Damage/debris assessment Thater, G.G., Panariello, G.F., Cuoco, D.A. 2003 Forensic Engineering, Proceedings of the Congress, pp. 383-392
- Um, how is this an analysis and corroboration of the Bazant/NIST collapse scenario?
How did the WTC towers collapse: A new theory Usmani, A.S., Chung, Y.C., Torero, J.L. 2003 Fire Safety Journal 38 (6), pp. 501-533
- Authored in 2003. May have been influential in the later NIST reports, but not a corroboration of NIST findings.
Microstructural analysis of the steels from Buildings 7, & 1 or 2 from the World Trade Center Biederman, R.R., Sullivan, E.M., Sisson Jr., R.D., Vander Voort, G.F. 2003 Microscopy and Microanalysis 9 (SUPPL. 2), pp. 550-551
- Yes? And?...
Brannigan, F.L. "WTC: Lightweight Steel and High-Rise Buildings" Fire Engineering v.155, no. 4, (2002): 145-150.
-Self-described "brain pickings" from a fire engineer. Cute, but not a peer-reviewd paper. Sorry.
but...
Post, N.M.
"Study Absolves Twin Tower Trusses, Fireproofing" ENR v. 249, no. 19, (2002): 12-14.
Analysis of the thermal exposure in the impact areas of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks Beyler, C., White, D., Peatross, M., Trellis, J., Li, S., Luers, A., Hopkins, D. 2003 Forensic Engineering, Proceedings of the Congress, pp. 371-382
- Authored in 2003. This doesn't look like it's a review and corroboration of the Bazant/NIST collapse model.
Clifton, Charles G. Elaboration on Aspects of the Postulated Collapse of the World Trade Centre Twin Towers HERA: Innovation in Metals. 2001. 13 December 2001.
- No reference to Bazant or NIST.
"Construction and Collapse Factors" Fire Engineering v.155, no. 10, (2002): 106-108.
- Not a peer-reviewed paper. No reference to Bazant or NIST.
Bazant, Z.P., & Zhou, Y. "Addendum to 'Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? - Simple Analysis" (pdf) Journal of Engineering Mechanics v. 128, no. 3, (2002): 369-370.
- Bazant supporting his own analysis? How shocking!
Corbett, G.P. "Learning and Applying the Lessons of the WTC Disaster" Fire Engineering v.155, no. 10, (2002.): 133-135.
- Not a peer-reviewed paper, and no reference to the Bazant/NIST model.
"Dissecting the Collapses" Civil Engineering ASCE v. 72, no. 5, (2002): 36-46.
- A summary of the FEMA report. Not a review or corroboration of the Bazant/NIST hypothesis.
Eagar, T.W., & Musso, C. "Why Did the World Trade Center Collapse? Science, Engineering, and Speculation" JOM v. 53, no. 12, (2001): 8-12.
- Famous for his statement that the towers could fall "no other way but down" (since that was such a controversy at the time
)
Not a review or corroboration of the Bazant/NIST hypothesis.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Therese McAllister, report editor.
World Trade Center Building Performance Study: Data Collection, Preliminary Observations, and Recommendations (also available on-line)
- Not a review or corroboration of the Bazant/NIST hypothesis.
Gabrielson, T.B., Poese, M.E., & Atchley, A.A. "Acoustic and Vibration Background Noise in the Collapsed Structure of the World Trade Center"
The Journal of Acoustical Society of America v. 113, no. 1, (2003): 45-48.
- Probably an interesting article, but not a review or corroboration of the Bazant/NIST hypothesis.
"Collapse Lessons" Fire Engineering v. 155, no. 10, (2002): 97-103
- An analysis mostly of firefighting and evacuation. Not a review or corroboration of the Bazant/NIST hypothesis. Does not belong on this list. But they do say:
Marechaux, T.G. "TMS Hot Topic Symposium Examines WTC Collapse and Building Engineering" JOM, v. 54, no. 4, (2002): 13-17.
- This is a description of presentations at a symposium, including Chris Musso, and Thomas Eagar (see above). Not a peer-reviewed paper. Not an analysis of the Bazant/NIST hypothesis. Bogus entry.
Monahan, B. "World Trade Center Collapse-Civil Engineering Considerations"
Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction v. 7, no. 3, (2002): 134-135.
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Newland, D.E., & Cebon, D. "Could the World Trade Center Have Been Modified to Prevent Its Collapse?" Journal of Engineering Mechanics v. 128, no. 7, (2002):795-800.
- Authored 2002. Is it an analysis of the Bazant/NIST model?
National Instititue of Stamdards and Technology: Congressional and Legislative Affairs “Learning from 9/11: Understanding the Collapse of the World Trade Center” Statement of Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., before Committee of Science House of Representatives, United States Congress on March 6, 2002.
- A statement at congressional hearings by a director of NIST. How is this an outside peer-reviewed paper?
Pinsker, Lisa, M. "Applying Geology at the World Trade Center Site" Geotimes v. 46, no. 11, (2001). The print copy has 3-D images.
- WTF? Has absolutely no relevance to any discussion of the collapses. Probably an interesting article. Not a peer-reviewed paper. About anything.
Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) Why the Towers Fell: A Companion Website to the Television Documentary. NOVA (Science Programming On Air and Online)
- The famous NOVA video describing pancake collapse which fails to explain how the core disintegrates. Debunked.
Post, N.M. "No Code Changes Recommended in World Trade Center Report" ENR v. 248, no. 14, (2002): 14.
- Obviously a rousing affirmation of the Bazant/NIST hypothesis.
The University of Sydney, Department of Civil Engineering World Trade Center - Some Engineering Aspects. A resource site.
- A "resource" site. Not a peer-reviewed paper.
"WTC Engineers Credit Design in Saving Thousands of Lives" ENR v. 247, no. 16, (2001): 12.
- Yes, the buildings held up well to the airplane impacts. What does this have to do with anything?
