Abstract: Progressive collapse is a situation in which a localized failure in a structure, caused by an abnormal load, triggers a cascade of failure affecting a major portion of the structure. Several buildings have collapsed in ...

Abstract: On January 2, 1988, a 4,000,000‐gallon‐capacity oil storage tank at the Ashland Petroleum Company Floreffe Terminal near West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, collapsed as it was being filled to capacity for the first time since ...

Abstract: An experimental program was undertaken to evaluate methods to retrofit existing steel moment connections for improved seismic performance. Six full-scale subassemblages were tested under cyclic loading. Typical pre-Northridge ...

Abstract: A series of six full-scale subassemblages were tested to investigate dogbone and haunch retrofits for pre-Northridge steel moment connections. Tests included matched pairs of specimens, one bare steel and one including ...

Abstract: Real fires start from localized burning and will not develop to flashover in an open space or in large open-plan compartments. Temperatures of gas and exposed steel columns in localized fires are not uniform. Current ...