Progressive collapse of multi-storey buildings due to failed floor impact

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1522-1534

  Vlassis, A G ^a   Izzuddin, B A ^a   Elghazouli, A Y ^a   Nethercot, D A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ductility; Energy transfer; Floor impact; Progressive collapse; Steel framed buildings

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION STUDIES; COMPOSITE BUILDINGS; DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT; DYNAMIC DEFORMATION; EXTREME EVENTS; FLOOR PLATES; FLOOR SYSTEMS; FULLY-PLASTIC; GRAVITY LOADS; IMPACT EVENTS; IMPACT RESPONSE; IMPACT SCENARIOS; MULTISTOREY BUILDINGS; NEW APPROACHES; NEW DESIGN; NONLINEAR STATICS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE; SHEAR CAPACITY; SHEAR FAILURE MODE;

BUILDINGS; DUCTILITY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FAILURE ANALYSIS; KINETIC ENERGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

FLOORS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; COLLAPSE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEFORMATION; DESIGN METHOD; DUCTILITY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY BALANCE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; KINETIC ENERGY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATIC RESPONSE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 68649091702     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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