Behavior of varied steel frame connection types subjected to air blast, debris impact, and/or post-blast progressive collapse load conditions

Proceedings of the 2009 Structures Congress - Don't Mess with Structural Engineers: Expanding Our Role

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1868-1877

  Karns, Jesse E ^a   Houghton, David L ^a   Hong, Jong Kook ^a   Kim, Joonghwan ^a  

^a MHP Structural Engineers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BLAST; BEAM-TO-COLUMN CONNECTIONS; BLAST EFFECTS; BOMB BLASTS; DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCIES; DESIGN CRITERION; GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HIGH-CAPACITY; PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE; STEEL FRAME; STEEL FRAME CONSTRUCTION; TERRORIST EVENTS; TEST PROGRAM;

DEBRIS; STEEL; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

STEEL CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 69949145617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41031(341)207     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. GSA Steel Frame Bomb Blast & Progressive Collapse Test Program Report (2004-2007), Karns, J., E., Houghton, D., L., Kim, J., Hong, J.-K., prepared for Office of the Chief Architect, U.S. General Services Administration, Washington D.C., January 10, 2008.
2. GSA Case Study: Impact of Steel Frame Connection attributes on Construction Costs, Karns, J., E., Houghton, D, L, Hong, J-K, prepared for Office of the Chief Architect, U.S. General Services Administration, Washington D.C., February 29, 2008.
3. Engineering Analysis and Guidance for Structural Steel Issues in Progressive Collapse, Tasks 5.7 & 5.19, Karns, J., E., Houghton, D, L, prepared under subcontract to Protection Engineering Consultants, San Antonio, TX, for U.S. Department of Defense, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Norfolk, VA, January 10, 2008.
4. Progressive Collapse Analysis and Design Guidelines for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects, Office of the Chief Architect (OCA), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), June 2003.
5. ISC Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects, December 7, 2004, Interagency Security Committee (ISC), U.S. Government Executive Order 12977; now chaired under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Homeland Security Act of 2002, November 19, 2002.
6. Karns, J, Houghton, D., Hall, B., Kim, J., Lee, K., "Blast Testing of Steel Frame Moment Connection Assemblies", Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Military Aspects of Blast and Shock (MABS), organized by Defence Research & Development Canada (DRDC) Suffield, Calgary, AB, Canada, October 2-6, 2006.
7. Karns, J, E, Houghton, D., L., Kim, J., Lee, K., "Analytical Verification of Blast Testing of Steel Frame Moment Connection Assemblies", Structural Engineering Research Frontiers Proceedings, Research Frontiers - Track 2, Blast Effects on Structural Connections and Systems, of the ASCE 2007 Structures Congress, hosted by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), Long Beach, CA, May 16-19, 2007.
8. Karns, J, E, Houghton, D., L., Hall, B.E., Kim, J., Lee, K., "Blast Testing of Steel Frame Assemblies to Assess the Implications of Connection Behavior on Progressive Collapse", Proceedings of the ASCE 2006 Structures Congress, Session on Extreme Event Loadings, hosted by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), St. Louis, MO, May 18-20, 2006.