Abstract: The present paper discusses the challenges of retrofitting buildings to meet current progressive collapse guidelines. The knowledge of the structural capacity depends on the quality of information available. The existence ...

Abstract: The design and construction of public buildings to provide life safety in the face of explosions is receiving renewed attention from structural engineers. Existing blast design approaches call for modest enhancements in ...

Abstract: One of the most frequently used approaches for minimizing the potential for progressive collapse in buildings is the alternate path method. The appeal of this method is primarily due to its relative simplicity and threat ...

Abstract: The collapse of conventional/nonhardened structures was a concern of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for years before the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers during the terrorist attacks on September 11, ...