Experimental study of drop-panel effects on response of reinforced concrete flat slabs after loss of corner column

• Main Authors: Qian, Kai., Li, Bing.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95276; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9817; http://www.concrete.org/PUBS/JOURNALS/OLJDetails.asp?Home=SJ&ID=51684411
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Flat-slab structures—with or without drop panels—are popular construction types and have a high occupancy rate. Such flat-slab structures are more vulnerable to progressive collapse compared to beam-column-slab structures, as there are no beams that could assist in redistributing the load previously...