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                                    Fig. 1, View of base of collapsed drier.







































                                    Fig. 2. View of base of collapsed drier.




            There was clear evidence of a localised buckling deformation in columns and shells in the region
          of  the welded column-shell joint.  This was distinguishable from  the  damage  associated  with  a
          collapse event itself.
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