Abstract On June 24, 2021, a 40-year-old reinforced concrete flat plate structure building in
Miami suffered a sudden partial collapse. This study analyzed the overall performance and …

Existing studies on progressive collapse of reinforced concrete (RC) flat plate structures
have mainly focused on single column loss scenarios. However, accidental events, such as …

RC flat slabs are widely employed in medium-height buildings due to their constructional
and architectural advantages. However, due to the tensile brittleness of normal concrete, an …

The excellent tensile strain-hardening behavior of ultra-high toughness cementitious
composite (UHTCC) makes it applicable for enhancing the punching shear performance of …

To enhance post-punching strengths and deformation capacities of flat plate-column joints
for mitigating progressive collapse, two strengthening methods including stirrups and …

To investigate the pre-and post-punching failure performances of flat slab-column joints with
drop panels and shear studs, static loading tests were conducted on three joint specimens …

Majority of progressive collapse incidents of concrete flat plate structures were caused by
slab overloading in the form of punching shear failure at a slab-column joint, which exhibit …

Rebars in reinforced concrete (RC) slab-column systems are susceptible to corrosion in
unfavorable environments, making slab-column joints (SCJs) more prone to punching shear …

A slab-column joint in a flat plate structure may exhibit upward or downward punching shear
(UPS and DPS) failure when subjected to different abnormal loading conditions. This can …

To investigate the influence of critical parameters on the progressive collapse resistance of
reinforced concrete (RC)-flat plates, a set of finite-element modeling techniques was …