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Investigation of the Structural Behaviour of RC Beam-Column Sub-frame Subjected to Progressive Collapse

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The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of varying design variables on the structural behaviour of reinforced concrete (RC) sub-frames under progressive collapse. A finite element modelling approach is presented and validated against the experimental results concerning a 2D frame (3 columns and 2 beams) and a 3D frame (4 columns and 3 beams). The performance of the RC sub-frame is discussed by choosing the scenarios of the exterior, interior, and multiple column loss, respectively, and by increasing the number of stories and bays. Further studies are conducted based on the numerical method to reveal the effect of beam longitudinal reinforcement ratio (BLRR), beam section depth (BSD), and concrete compression strength (CCS). The results show that both BLRR, CCS and BSD have a significant influence on the compressive arch action (CAA) capacity of the structure under progressive collapse, and the load-carrying capacity of the RC sub-frame increases with an increasing number of stories.

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Acknowledgments

This study was funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC0703702). The authors are grateful for the financial support of the Science Research Plan of the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Committee [20dz1201301, 21DZ1204704]. The first author is grateful for the support by the project of the Key Laboratory of Impact and Safety Engineering (Ningbo University), Ministry of Education [CJ202106], and the fifth author is grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China [52078201].

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  1. Shanghai Key Laboratory for Digital Maintenance of Buildings and Infrastructure, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Feiliang Wang & Jian Yang

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Sandeep Shah, Xing-Er Wang & Bo Pang

  3. School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Xiaoping Wang

  4. Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Energy Efficiency of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China

    Wang-Xi Zhang

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Wang, F., Shah, S., Wang, X. et al. Investigation of the Structural Behaviour of RC Beam-Column Sub-frame Subjected to Progressive Collapse. KSCE J Civ Eng 26, 1782–1792 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-022-1861-z

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