Performance of slabs in reinforced concrete structures to resist progressive collapse

B Pang, F Wang, J Yang, S Nyunn, I Azim - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The progressive collapse resistance of reinforced concrete (RC) and precast concrete (PC)
buildings has become a rising concern in recent years. Extensive research has been …

A novel feature selection approach based on tree models for evaluating the punching shear capacity of steel fiber-reinforced concrete flat slabs

S Lu, M Koopialipoor, PG Asteris, M Bahri… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
When designing flat slabs made of steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC), it is very important
to predict their punching shear capacity accurately. The use of machine learning seems to …

Symbolic machine learning improved MCFT model for punching shear resistance of FRP-reinforced concrete slabs

S Liang, Y Shen, X Gao, Y Cai, Z Fei - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)-reinforced concrete slabs, an extension of reinforced
concrete (RC) slabs leveraged for resisting environment corrosion, are susceptible to …

Explainable machine learning-based model for failure mode identification of RC flat slabs without transverse reinforcement

Y Shen, L Wu, S Liang - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, an accurate prediction model, which screened from 8 machine learning-based
models (LR, ANN, DT, SVC, RF, AdaBoost, GBDT, XGBoost), is established for identifying …

Reliability analysis of RC slab-column joints under punching shear load using a machine learning-based surrogate model

L Shen, Y Shen, S Liang - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Reinforced concrete slab-column structures, despite their advantages such as architectural
flexibility and easy construction, are susceptible to punching shear failure. In addition …

Comparative study of influential factors for punching shear resistance/failure of RC slab-column joints using machine-learning models

S Liang, Y Shen, X Ren - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The study of punching shear resistance and failure mode for reinforced concrete (RC) slab-
column structures has been constantly highlighted, due to a number of catastrophic …

Resistance of flat-plate buildings against progressive collapse. I: Modeling of slab-column connections

J Liu, Y Tian, SL Orton, AM Said - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
A macromodel for slab-column connections is created for use in the system-level
progressive collapse analyses of reinforced concrete flat-plate structures. The proposed …

A state of the art of flat‐slab frame tests for gravity and lateral loading

D Coronelli, A Muttoni, IR Pascu, AP Ramos… - Structural …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a critical review of the state of the art of experimental research
concerning the seismic response of reinforced concrete flat slab frames. After a summary of …

Influence of flexural reinforcement on the seismic performance of flat slab–column connections

B Isufi, M Rossi, AP Ramos - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The behavior of flat slab–column connections under seismic-type loading is complex and
not exhaustively studied. Among the many variables involved, this paper focuses on the …

Post-punching failure mechanism and resistance of flat plate-column joints with in-plane constraints

Y Yang, M Diao, Y Li, H Guan, X Lu - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Flat plate-column joints with in-plane constraints exhibit a suspension mechanism under
large deformations after punching shear failure, which significantly affects the progressive …