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Progressive Collapse of Structures

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 2347

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Limin Tian

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School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Interests: collapse of steel structures; bamboo structures
Prof. Dr. Weihui Zhong

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School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Interests: collapse of steel structures
Prof. Dr. Halil Sezen

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Department of Civil Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Interests: design, modeling and analysis of structures and their components; earthquake engineering and structural dynamics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Progressive collapse is a disastrous phenomenon in which the failure of some key structural members leads to the failure of other members; this leads to the partial or even entire collapse of the structure. The progressive collapse of structures has attracted significant attention since the 9/11 terrorist attack in the US in 2001. This Special Issue, entitled “Progressive Collapse of Structures”, aims to highlight current research innovations, developments, and future perspectives in progressive collapse. The research topics include but are not limited to case analyses of collapse; structural collapse risk assessment; robustness of building structures; collapse-resistant mechanisms; progressive collapse testing; progressive collapse analyses; progressive collapse design guidelines; improvement of collapse performance; and buildings subjected to impact, explosion, and fire.

We look forward to receiving a great variety of the latest research results and new ideas for further development of progressive collapse, ranging from collapse risk assessment, mechanism, and numerical analysis to performance improvement. This Special Issue will cover every aspect of the industry, and we warmly welcome you to share your views and findings with us.

Prof. Dr. Limin Tian
Prof. Dr. Weihui Zhong
Prof. Dr. Halil Sezen
Guest Editors

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Nonlinear Dynamic Assessment of a Steel Frame Structure Subjected to Truck Collision
by Fatemeh Safari Honar, Vahid Broujerdian, Esmaeil Mohammadi Dehcheshmeh and Chiara Bedon
Buildings 2023, 13(6), 1545; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061545 - 17 Jun 2023
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The progressive collapse of structures subjected to a truck collision with ground floor columns is numerically investigated in this paper. For this purpose, a four-story steel building with a dual system (including an intermediate steel moment frame, with a special concentric steel bracing [...] Read more.
The progressive collapse of structures subjected to a truck collision with ground floor columns is numerically investigated in this paper. For this purpose, a four-story steel building with a dual system (including an intermediate steel moment frame, with a special concentric steel bracing system in the longitudinal (x) direction, and an intermediate steel moment frame in the transversal (y) direction) is considered. The structure, which was designed according to AISC, ASCE7 and 2800 Iranian seismic standard guidelines, is located in seismic-prone area and subjected to eight different truck collision scenarios. The nonlinear dynamic analyses carried out in ABAQUS on a three-dimensional finite element (FE) numerical model include variations in collision features (i.e., mass and speed of the truck, the height of collision point), and are used to support the analysis of expected damage. The presented results confirm that increasing the truck mass and speed increases damage entity for the column and structure. Several influencing parameters are involved in damage location and progressive evolution. The height of the collision point from the ground also significantly affects the magnitude of structural damage, especially in terms of stress peaks in the panel zones for the target column. Finally, the perimeter columns are more vulnerable to impact than corner columns, in structures with dual system as with the examined four-story building. The presence of a bracing system parallel to the impacting vehicle can in fact reduce the deformation—and thus the expected damage—of the adjacent target column. Most importantly, it is shown that the numerically reproduced collision scenarios (and the associated damage configurations) based on truck impact are significantly more severe than those artificially created based on the conventional column removal method (i.e., alternate path (AP) analysis approach), which confirms the importance of more sophisticated numerical calculation procedures to investigate and assess the progressive collapse of structures. Full article
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