Load-carrying mechanism to resist progressive collapse of RC buildings

• Main Authors: Qian, Kai, Li, Bing, Ma, Jiaxing
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106441; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24028; http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001046
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The slew of high profile engineering calamities in the past decade has demonstrated the disastrous consequence of progressive collapse. However, the low probability of such events actually occurring means it is uneconomical to spend extreme resources to design every building against progressive col...