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Progressive collapse is a phenomenon in which a minor damage leads to total failure of the structure or the collapse of large parts of it. In this paper, influence of mass irregularity in height of the structures on the progressive collapse potential was investigated. To this end, four-, eight- and twelve-story steel moment resisting frame structures are designed and progressive collapse potential was evaluated using alternate load path method, recommended by the American General Service Administration 2003. Three dimensional buildings studied in the current paper were modeled using finite element method in ABAQUS software. Results revealed that in the cases with column removal in the first floor, increasing the number of floors, decreases progressive collapse potential. Maximum dynamic displacement under the removed column in regular 4-story building is about 1.41 times larger than that of regular 8-story building and about 2.16 times larger than that of regular 12-story building. Moreover, comparing performance of regular and irregular buildings showed that regardless location of column removal and story number, mass irregularity in height increases progressive collapse potential. Maximum dynamic displacement due to removed column in irregular buildings subjected to column removal in penultimate floor is 19, 20 and 22 percent larger than that of regular one for four-, eight- and twelve-story buildings respectively.
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Nouri, G., Yosefzaei, M.R. (2020). Effect of Mass Irregularity on the Progressive Collapse Potential of Steel Moment Frames. In: Köber, D., De Stefano, M., Zembaty, Z. (eds) Seismic Behaviour and Design of Irregular and Complex Civil Structures III. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, vol 48. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33532-8_27
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