Research and practice on progressive collapse and robustness of building structures in the 21st century

JM Adam, F Parisi, J Sagaseta, X Lu - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Extreme events (ie terrorist attacks, vehicle impacts, explosions, etc.) often cause local
damage to building structures and pose a serious threat when one or more vertical load …

Experimental investigation of the progressive collapse of reinforced concrete structures: An overview

IMH Alshaikh, BHA Bakar, EAH Alwesabi, HM Akil - Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The progressive collapse of reinforced concrete (RC) structures is a structural failure caused
by abnormal loads. It starts as a local failure, followed by a sequential reaction that may …

Numerical investigation on load redistribution capacity of flat slab substructures to resist progressive collapse

YH Weng, K Qian, F Fu, Q Fang - Journal of building engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
To study the load redistribution capacity of reinforced concrete (RC) flat slab structures
subjected to a middle column loss scenario, high fidelity finite element (FE) models were …

Effects of high-strength concrete on progressive collapse resistance of reinforced concrete frame

XF Deng, SL Liang, F Fu, K Qian - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
The application of extreme loads, such as impact and blast, may lead to progressive
collapse and the robustness of a structure must be considered in this context. Although …

Dynamic performance of a real-scale reinforced concrete building test under a corner-column failure scenario

JM Adam, M Buitrago, E Bertolesi, J Sagaseta… - Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The topic of robustness and progressive collapse of structures has attracted significant
attention within the field of structural engineering recently. This is reflected by the rise in the …

Effects of loading regimes on the structural behavior of RC beam-column sub-assemblages against disproportionate collapse

K Qian, SY Geng, SL Liang, F Fu, J Yu - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The majority of previous quasi-static tests on disproportionate collapse simulated the column
removal through applying concentrated load/displacement on the top of the removed column …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental studies on the progressive collapse of building structures: A review and discussion on dynamic column removal techniques

F Kiakojouri, E Zeinali, JM Adam, V De Biagi - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Dynamic progressive collapse tests are becoming more and more popular in recent years
since this approach captures the real structural behavior more robustly, and progressive …

Experimental investigation on progressive collapse performance of prestressed precast concrete frames with dry joints

ZX Li, H Liu, Y Shi, Y Ding, B Zhao - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The prestressed precast concrete frame with dry joints is a novel structural system which has
been proved to perform excellently under seismic loads in many researches, but its …

Experimental and numerical investigation on progressive collapse resistance of post-tensioned precast concrete beam-column subassemblages

K Qian, SL Liang, DC Feng, F Fu… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Abstract In this paper, four 1/2 scaled precast concrete (PC) beam-column subassemblages
with high-performance connection were tested under push-down loading procedure to study …

Progressive collapse resistance of precast concrete beam-column sub-assemblages with high-performance dry connections

K Qian, SL Liang, F Fu, Q Fang - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to its relatively lower integrity, precast concrete structures are considered to be more
vulnerable to progressive collapse than cast-in-place concrete structures. However, to date …