Progressive Collapse of Structures, Second edition

Contents Foreword ix
Preface xi
Preface to the first edition xiii
About the author xv

01 Introduction 1
1.1 Opening 1
1.2 Failure incidents 2
1.3 State of research 7
1.4 Standards and guidelines 9
References 12

02 Typology of progressive collapse 18
2.1 General 18
2.2 Types of progressive collapse 18
2.3 Classes of progressive collapse 34
2.4 Collapse-promoting features 35
2.5 Summary 39
References 40

03 Ordinary design procedures 43
3.1 Inadequacy of ordinary procedures 43
3.2 Possible improvements 45
References 46

04 Design against disproportionate collapse 47
4.1 General 47
4.2 Two definitions 48
4.3 Design criteria 49
References 59

05 Design methods 61
5.1 General 61
5.2 Prevent local failure 63
5.3 Assume local failure 66
5.4 Local failure: prevent or assume? 85
5.5 Prescriptive design rules 87
References 89

06 Applications 91
6.1 General 91
6.2 Design of collapse-resistant bridges 91
6.3 Design of collapse-resistant high-rise buildings 102
References 126

07 Measures of robustness and collapse resistance 129
7.1 General 129
7.2 Areas of application 129
7.3 Requirements 130
7.4 Present approaches 130
7.5 Damage-based measures of robustness 131
7.6 Stiffness-based measures of robustness 134
7.7 Reserve-based measures of robustness 135
7.8 Energy-based measures of robustness 137
7.9 Conclusions and future directions 138
References 139

08 Model guidelines 141
8.1 General 141
8.2 Scope 141
8.3 Definitions 142
8.4 Design criteria 150
8.5 Design requirements 152
8.6 Design objectives 155
8.7 Design methods 159
8.8 Verification procedures 164
8.9 Documentation 165
References 165

09 Current codification 167
9.1 General 167
9.2 Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 167
9.3 General Services Administration
(GSA) guidelines 179
9.4 Eurocode EN 1991-1-7 184
9.5 ASCE guidance documents 190
9.6 Summary 192
References 193

10 Conclusions 195
10.1 Synopsis 195
10.2 Outlook 198

Index 201