[EN] Assessing the likelihood of progressive collapse in buildings resulting from the local failure of individual structural elements is challenging, especially in steel buildings. Engineers invest significant effort in ...
Buitrago, Manuel; Sagaseta, Juan; Adam, Jose M(Elsevier, 2020-02-01)
[EN] The risk of structural failure of buildings can be significant during construction. Temporary adjustable telescopic steel shores or props are commonly used in building construction. The failure of shores is sudden and ...
[EN] Over the past few decades, increasing awareness of the need for more resilient infrastructure has led to a great increase in the amount of research being performed on the progressive collapse and structural robustness ...
Adam, Jose M; Buitrago, Manuel; Bertolesi, Elisa; Sagaseta, Juan; Moragues, Juan J(Elsevier, 2020-05-01)
[EN] The topic of robustness and progressive collapse of structures has attracted significant attention within the field of structural engineering recently. This is reflected by the rise in the number of scientific papers ...
Garzon-Roca, Julio; Sagaseta, Juan; Buitrago, Manuel; Adam, Jose M(American Concrete Institute, 2021-01-03)
[EN] A dynamic punching shear model is presented for general sudden column removal cases which was validated against data from a purpose-built full-scale two-storey reinforced concrete building subjected to a sudden corner ...
Buitrago, Manuel; Sagaseta, Juan; Adam, Jose M(Elsevier, 2018-10)
[EN] The most frequently used technique to construct reinforced concrete (RC) building structures is the shoring or propping of successive floors, in which the slabs are supported by the shores until the concrete acquires ...
Navarro Magro, Sandra(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-02-08)
[ES] El presente trabajo final de máster se enfoca en la simulación numérica de un edificio de dos alturas y 2x2 vanos, construido con hormigón armado, que dispone de tabiques de fachada en el piso superior. Se va a estudiar ...
Kiakojouri, Foad; Zeinali, Elahe; Adam, Jose M.; De Biagi, Valerio(Elsevier, 2023-11)
[EN] Dynamic progressive collapse tests are becoming more and more popular in recent years since this approach captures the real structural behavior more robustly, and progressive collapse response more accurately. The ...
Dinu, Florea; Marginean, Ioan; Dubina, Dan; Khalil, Ahmed; De Iuliis, Emiliano(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-06-05)
[EN] Explosions produced in urban areas by the detonation of explosives are low-probability but high-impact events. When they occur in the immediate vicinity of buildings, the explosions can pose a high risk to the structural ...
Makoond, Nirvan Chandra; Buitrago, Manuel; Adam, Jose M.(Auburn University USA, 2023-05-17)
[EN] As the impacts of climate change and emerging conflicts become more and more apparent, it is undeniable
that more robust building structures are required for resilient societies to be able to thrive. In fact, there ...
Adam, Jose M.; Buitrago, Manuel; Makoond, Nirvan Chandra; Setiawan, Andri; Caredda, Giacomo; Marín-Vilches, Lorenzo; Cetina-Berdugo, Diego Fernando; Gerbaudo, Maria Luz; Oliver, Marina; Sempertegui, Geovanny(Universidad de Cantabria, 2024-05-10)
[EN] The use of precast concrete structures is rapidly increasing worldwide because of their advantages in terms of quality, safety, sustainability, and speed of construction. In the field of progressive collapse of ...
Adam, Jose M.; Buitrago, Manuel; Makoond, Nirvan Chandra; Setiawan, Andri; Caredda, Giacomo; Marin-Vilches, Lorenzo; Cetina-Berdugo, Diego Fernando; Gerbaudo, Maria Luz; Oliver, Marina; Sempertegui, Geovanny; Tasquer-Val, Daniel(2023-12-01)
[EN] Our previous work on precast construction has shown that sufficient structural robustness can be achieved by adequately designing the connection detailing to withstand a sudden column removal under the accidental load ...
Fu, Qiu Ni; Tan, Kang Hai(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-06-05)
[EN] This paper evaluates the robustness of steel-concrete composite floor systems subjected to Corner Column (CC) removal scenario based on numerical simulations. Firstly, a FE model is statically analysed subjected to a ...
[EN] The world has seen a surge in rigorous study efforts on the progressive collapse of structures in the past few decades. These events have led to new standards and provisions in building codes of practice, many of which ...
Adam, Jose M; Parisi, Fulvio; Sagaseta, Juan; Lu, Xinzheng(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] Extreme events (i.e. terrorist attacks, vehicle impacts, explosions, etc.) often cause local damage to building structures and pose a serious threat when one or more vertical load-bearing components fail, leading to ...
Buitrago, Manuel; Makoond, Nirvan Chandra; Moragues, Juan J; Sagaseta, Juan; Adam, Jose M(Elsevier, 2023-06)
[EN] Although many analytical and experimental studies have been carried out to date on the progressive collapse and robustness of cast-in-place reinforced concrete (RC) and steel building structures, very few experimental ...
Buitrago, Manuel; Bertolesi, Elisa; Juan Sagaseta; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Adam, Jose M(Elsevier, 2021-01-01)
[EN] Structural robustness is a significant property towards improving resilience of buildings, i.e. enhance their ability to withstand and recover from extreme events which often can cause local damage and progressive ...
Buitrago, Manuel; Bertolesi, Elisa; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Adam, Jose M(Elsevier, 2021-02)
[EN] This study aimed to experimentally analyse the robustness of riveted steel bridges based on truss-type structures and to define practical recommendations for early detection of local failures before they cause progressive ...
Cetina-Berdugo, Diego Fernando; Setiawan, Andri; Makoond, Nirvan Chandra; Buitrago, Manuel; Adam, Jose M.(Universidad de Cantabria, 2024-05-10)
[EN] The progressive collapse of reinforced concrete (RC) structures involves a series of complex loadresisting
mechanisms, including flexural, arching and catenary actions, among others. A detailed model
comprised of ...
Makoond, Nirvan Chandra; Buitrago, Manuel; Adam, Jose M.(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023-05-06)
[EN] As modern society faces unprecedented challenges related to climate stability and conflict, the need to design more sustainable and resilient buildings is undeniable. Several studies show that building with precast ...