Progressive collapse of framed building structures: Current knowledge and future prospects

F Kiakojouri, V De Biagi, B Chiaia, MR Sheidaii - Engineering Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the state-of-art in progressive collapse studies on framed building
structures. Such types of failure start with a local damage which extension increases, up to …

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 …

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 …

Experimental investigation of RC beam-slab substructures against progressive collapse subject to an edge-column-removal scenario

X Lu, K Lin, Y Li, H Guan, P Ren, Y Zhou - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
When a reinforced concrete (RC) frame subjected to an edge-column-removal scenario, its
floor system exhibits a complicated mechanism against progressive collapse due to the …

Experimental investigation of progressive collapse resistance of one-way reinforced concrete beam–slab substructures under a middle-column-removal scenario

P Ren, Y Li, X Lu, H Guan, Y Zhou - Engineering Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Floor systems composed of beams and slabs are critical structural elements of frame
structures to resist progressive collapse. Previous experimental studies have focused mainly …

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 …

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 …

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

DC Feng, SC Xie, 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 …

Assessment of RC frame capacity subjected to a loss of corner column

M Guo, H Huang, W Zhang, C Xue… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
In this paper, three one-third scale reinforced concrete (RC) beam-column-slab structure
specimen tests were conducted to investigate the collapse mechanisms under a loss of the …

Experimental and numerical study on progressive collapse process of RC frames with full-height infill walls

S Li, S Shan, C Zhai, L Xie - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2016 - Elsevier
The work presented in this study aimed to investigate the influence of infill walls on the
progressive collapse performance of reinforced concrete (RC) frames. An experimental …