Abstract: Tests were carried out on two continuous one-way slab specimens, representing, at a scale of 1:1.5, the floor slabs of a multistory building most affected by a postulated instant loss of a perimeter column owing to accidental ...

Abstract: The impact of the loss of an intermediate column on the most adversely affected subassembly of a multistory, multibay reinforced concrete (RC) frame was studied experimentally and analytically. Two subassemblies were ...