RESEARCH ARTICLE
Analysis on Dynamic Response of Reinforced Concrete Frame for Resisting Progressive Collapse
Tiecheng Wang1, 2, Lei Zhang1, Hailong Zhao1, 2, *, Qingwei Chen1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2016Volume: 10
First Page: 27
Last Page: 38
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-10-27
DOI: 10.2174/1874836801610010027
Article History:
Received Date: 10/10/2015Revision Received Date: 22/01/2016
Acceptance Date: 01/02/2016
Electronic publication date: 13/04/2016
Collection year: 2016
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Abstract
In order to investigate the dynamic response of reinforced concrete spatial frames caused by initial damages, a six-story frame model is analyzed by employing the nonlinear dynamic methodology in accordance with the alternate path method issued by General Services Administration. In this paper, the fiber model and force-based beam-column element are utilized in OpenSees. Four various scenarios are separately analyzed with incremental dynamic analysis. It is shown that the model does not collapse and the internal force redistribution mainly appears in the components adjacent to the failure column. The model has the worst capacity to resist progressive collapse in the inner column demolition scenario. It is observed that the plastic hinges mainly concentrate on the beam ends of the failure bay at the beginning of the demolition of columns. Several plastic hinges emerge at the top-floor beam ends of some other bays in latter period. The number of plastic hinges in columns is much less than that in beams, which corresponds to the design principle ‘strong column and weak beam’.