Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 318-330 (2021)
PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE RESISTANCE OF STEEL FRAMED
BUILDINGS UNDER EXTREME EVENTS
Guo-Qiang Li 1, Jing-Zhou Zhang 2, Liu-Lian Li 3, Bin-Hui Jiang 4, Tao-Chun Yang 5 and Jian Jiang 6, *
1 State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
2 College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
3 The First Construction Engineering Company LTD. of China Construction Second Engineering Bureau, No. 9 Kechuangsi Street, Beijing 100176, China
4 School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, 68 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410075, China
5 School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China;
6 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmental Impact and Structural Safety in Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
*(Corresponding author: E-mail:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Received: 29 September 2020; Revised: 13 March 2021; Accepted: 13 March 2021
DOI:10.18057/IJASC.2021.17.3.10
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ABSTRACT
This paper presents experimental and theoretical investigations on progressive collapse behavior of steel framed structures subjected to an extreme load such as fire, blast and impact. A new capacity-based index is proposed to quantify robustness of structures. An energy-based theoretical model is also proposed to quantify the effect of concrete slabs on collapse resistance of structures. The experimental results show that the dynamic amplification factors of frames subject to impact or blast are much less than the conventional value of 2.0. The collapse process of frames in fire can be either static or dynamic depending on the restraint conditions and load levels. It is necessary to account for the failure time and residual strength of blast-exposed columns for assessing the collapse resistance of structures subject to explosion. Two collapse modes of steel frames under blast or impact are found: connection-induced collapse mode and column-induced collapse mode. In case of fire, a frame may collapse due to either column buckling or pulling-in effect of beams. The energy dissipation from elongation of slab reinforcement and additional resultant moment greatly contribute to the collapse resistance of structures.
KEYWORDS
Progressive collapse, Steel framed building, Blast, Impact, Fire, Experimental study
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