Progressive Collapse Assessment of Steel Moment-Resisting Frames Using Static- and Dynamic-Incremental Analyses
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 34, Issue 3
Abstract
A finite-element modeling study on the progressive collapse of steel moment-resisting frames under column removal scenarios is presented. Different parameters, such as location of initial local failure, number of story, material strain-rate effects, and column removal time (CRT), are considered. The model structures are analyzed using static- and dynamic-incremental analyses. The former being the well-known pushdown simulations, and the latter performed through dynamic column removal at various gravitational load levels. The progressive collapse potential is mainly related to location of initial failure and size (height) of the models, which determine the affected area after initial local failure. To compare the results, the displacement-based dynamic amplification factor (DAF) is also adopted. It is observed that above a certain gravitational load, the dynamic simulations accounting for material strain rate show displacements smaller than the ones predicted by the static analysis. With the decrease of CRT, the progressive collapse capacity decreases, but DAF tends to be independent from CRT when the systems experience large plastic displacements.
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Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available from the corresponding author by request.
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Time histories of CRPs displacements for different models under different damage scenarios and various load levels.
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Received: Jun 14, 2019
Accepted: Oct 28, 2019
Published online: Mar 6, 2020
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