Strengthening and retrofitting techniques to mitigate progressive collapse: A critical review and future research agenda

F Kiakojouri, V De Biagi, B Chiaia, MR Sheidaii - Engineering structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Abnormal events, that are unforeseeable low-probability and high-impact events, cause
local failure (s) to structures that can lead to the collapse of other members and, eventually …

[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 …

Improving anti-progressive collapse capacity of welded connection based on energy dissipation cover-plates

B Meng, L Li, W Zhong, Z Tan, Q Du - Journal of Constructional Steel …, 2022 - Elsevier
In view of the poor robustness of fully welded connections, energy dissipation cover-plates
(EDCs) were proposed in this study with the aim of improving their anti-progressive collapse …

Uncertainty analysis on progressive collapse of RC frame structures under dynamic column removal scenarios

K Lin, Z Chen, Y Li, X Lu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The progressive collapse of structures often causes serious casualties and property loss.
The intrinsic characteristic of progressive collapse is large-scale domino-like structural …

Reliability analysis of reinforced concrete structure against progressive collapse

Q Zhang, YG Zhao, K Kolozvari, L Xu - Reliability Engineering & System …, 2022 - Elsevier
New reliability computation framework is proposed based on polynomial chaos expansion
method and used to investigate the reliability of four typical configurations of reinforced …

Precast RC structures' progressive collapse resistance: Current knowledge and future requirements

IMH Alshaikh, AA Abadel, M Alrubaidi - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Precast construction has received a lot of interest over the last few decades. Among the
advantageous aspects of precast structures are superior quality, faster construction, and …

[HTML][HTML] Learning from failure propagation in steel truss bridges

S López, N Makoond, A Sánchez-Rodríguez… - Engineering failure …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although truss-type bridge collapses usually have catastrophic consequences, their analysis
present opportunities for improving different aspects in the field of bridge engineering, such …

Progressive collapse and robustness of modular high-rise buildings

HT Thai, QV Ho, W Li, T Ngo - Structure and Infrastructure …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Contrary to conventional buildings, the structural robustness of modular high-rise buildings
has not been studied due to the lack of the numerical and experimental studies and design …

Performance-based probabilistic deflection capacity models and fragility estimation for reinforced concrete column and beam subjected to blast loading

KB Kishore, J Gangolu, MK Ramancha… - Reliability Engineering & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the mounting of ongoing anti-social activities of explosions and inaccuracy of codes
(UFC 3-340-02, Eurocode 1, IS 4991) current study has developed performance-based …

A conceptual note on the definition of initial failure in progressive collapse scenarios

F Kiakojouri, V De Biagi, M Marchelli, B Chiaia - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Progressive collapse can be defined as a cascading phenomenon in which an initial failure
is followed by the collapse of adjoining members which, in turn, is followed by further …