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 …

Implementing ensemble learning methods to predict the shear strength of RC deep beams with/without web reinforcements

DC Feng, WJ Wang, S Mangalathu, G Hu, T Wu - Engineering Structures, 2021‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents a practical yet comprehensive implementation of the ensemble methods
for prediction of the shear strength for reinforced concrete deep beams with/without web …

Prediction model for compressive arch action capacity of RC frame structures under column removal scenario using gene expression programming

I Azim, J Yang, MF Javed, MF Iqbal, Z Mahmood… - Structures, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Compressive arch action (CAA) is one of the important resistance mechanisms against
progressive collapse in reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings at small deformations. In …

A preliminary analysis and discussion of the condominium building collapse in surfside, Florida, US, June 24, 2021

X Lu, H Guan, H Sun, Y Li, Z Zheng, Y Fei… - Frontiers of structural …, 2021‏ - Springer
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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Improving bond of fiber-reinforced polymer bars with concrete through incorporating nanomaterials

X Wang, S Ding, L Qiu, A Ashour, Y Wang… - Composites Part B …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The bond between FRP bars and concrete, the foremost performance for implementation of
such reinforcements to corrosion-free concrete structures, is still unsatisfied due to the weak …

Robustness improvements for 2D reinforced concrete moment resisting frames: parametric study by means of NLFE analyses

E Miceli, P Castaldo - Structural Concrete, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
This study develops a 2D computational parametric analysis of ordinary reinforced concrete
(RC) frames, located in seismic zone, with the aim to evaluate some design suggestions with …

Robustness quantification of reinforced concrete structures subjected to progressive collapse via the probability density evolution method

DC Feng, SC **e, J Xu, K Qian - Engineering Structures, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Robustness is the most comprehensive and acceptable index that describes the ability of
structures to withstand progressive collapse induced by accidental extreme events such as …

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 …