Kansas City Hyatt Regency Skywalk Collapse

12/10/99

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Kansas City Hyatt Regency Skywalk Collapse

Summary 

The Disaster

Original Design

Box Beam Loading

Causes of Failure

Design Change of Walkway Supports 

Box Beam Loading

Possible Design Improvements

Ethical Concerns--What Went Wrong?

Bibliography

Authors: Alex Kieckhafer, Tony Moses, Andy Warta

Email: akieckh1@bigred.unl.edu

Presented on December 7, 1999 to Dr. Turner's Statics class