Load-resisting mechanism to mitigate progressive collapse of flat slab structures

• Main Authors: Li, Bing, Qian, Kai
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107205; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25353; http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/macr.14.00293
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

For reinforced concrete flat slab structures, column failure due to unexpected extreme loading may significantly increase the moment and shear force at adjacent slab–column connections, which can trigger punching shear failure at these connections and result in progressive collapse of flat slab stru...