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 …

Once upon a time in Italy: The tale of the Morandi Bridge

GM Calvi, M Moratti, GJ O'Reilly… - Structural …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract On 14 August 2018 at 11: 35 AM, a relevant portion (about 243 m) of the viaduct
over the Polcevera river in Genoa collapsed, killing 43 people. The bridge was designed in …

[HTML][HTML] Progressive collapse: Past, present, future and beyond

N Elkady, LA Nelson, L Weekes, N Makoond… - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
The world has seen a surge in rigorous study efforts on the progressive collapse of
structures in the past few decades. These events have led to new standards and provisions …

Numerical study on the collapse of the Morandi bridge

D Malomo, N Scattarreggia, A Orgnoni… - … of performance of …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
An innovative discontinuum-based micromodeling approach, the Applied Element Method,
is used in this work to investigate explicitly potential failure mechanisms that might have …

Residual service life prediction for bridges undergoing slow landslide-induced movements combining satellite radar interferometry and numerical collapse simulation

E Farneti, N Cavalagli, I Venanzi, W Salvatore… - Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an innovative approach for structural prognosis of bridges, that
combines displacement information obtained by Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry …

Reliability of collapse simulation–Comparing finite and applied element method at different levels

C Grunwald, AA Khalil, B Schaufelberger… - Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Numerical prediction of progressive collapse of buildings due to extreme loading is still a
challenging task. However, increased computational power makes it nowadays possible to …

Progressive collapse assessment of steel moment-resisting frames using static-and dynamic-incremental analyses

F Kiakojouri, MR Sheidaii, V De Biagi… - Journal of Performance …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
A finite-element modeling study on the progressive collapse of steel moment-resisting
frames under column removal scenarios is presented. Different parameters, such as location …

Evaluation of progressive collapse behavior in reinforced concrete buildings

M Vinay, PKR Rao, S Dey, AHL Swaroop… - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Progressive collapse is a catastrophic chain reaction of failure of a structure that is caused
due to loss of vertical load bearing element of the structure, resulting damage of a part of the …

Experimental and theoretical study of seismic and progressive collapse resilient composite frames

Y Tian, K Lin, X Lu, L Zhang, Y Li, H Guan - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2020 - Elsevier
A steel-concrete composite frame is typically used for building construction. Earthquake
action and progressive collapse event caused by accidental local failures are the primary …

[HTML][HTML] Progressive collapse assessment of precast prestressed reinforced concrete beams using applied element method

M Alanani, M Ehab, H Salem - Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the repetitive progressive collapse events, it became necessity to form theories of
designs against those cases of loadings. Prestressed reinforced concrete elements become …