Abstract: In order to assess the robustness of a building structure to progressive collapse, the removal of a structural key component is utilized. For a steel moment-resisting frame under a column-removal scenario, the two most ...

Abstract: This paper examines the behavior of steel moment frames under the scenario of a column removal at their ground floor. Through a material and geometric nonlinear analysis, this work evaluates a global loss-of-stability ...

Abstract: Cold-formed steel (CFS) framed construction has been widely adopted and used toward a modern, lightweight, and cost-efficient engineering practice across the United States. The primary objective of this work is to numerically ...