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How to Simulate Column Collapse and Removal in As-built and Retrofitted Building Structures?

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Seismic Risk Assessment and Retrofitting

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This chapter first presents a direct element removal procedure for use in finite element (FE) applications. The procedure accounts for the sudden removal of a structural member during an ongoing FE simulation, based on dynamic equilibrium and the resulting transient change in system kinematics, by applying imposed accelerations instead of external forces at a node where an element was once connected. The algorithm is implemented into an open-source FE code, numerically tested using a demonstration structural system with simplified element removal criteria, and shown able to capture the effect of uncertainty in member capacity. Subsequently, the chapter presents a number of material and cross-section constitutive models and uses them to develop realistic criteria for the collapse and removal of as-built and retrofitted reinforced concrete (RC) columns. Finally, a progressive collapse analysis of a RC structure with unreinforced masonry infill wall is presented as a demonstration for the developed procedure and material models.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program of the NSF under Award No. EEC-9701568 to PEER at UC Berkeley. Financial support from the research sponsor is gratefully acknowledged. Opinions and findings presented are those of the authors and not necessarily the sponsors.

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  1. Simpson Gumpertz and Heger, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA

    Mohamed M. Talaat

  2. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Khalid M. Mosalam

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  1. Fac. Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University Fac. Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey

    Alper Ilki

  2. Fac. Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University Fac. Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey

    Faruk Karadogan

  3. Fac. Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University Fac. Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey

    Sumru Pala

  4. Fac. Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University Fac. Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ercan Yuksel

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Talaat, M.M., Mosalam, K.M. (2009). How to Simulate Column Collapse and Removal in As-built and Retrofitted Building Structures?. In: Ilki, A., Karadogan, F., Pala, S., Yuksel, E. (eds) Seismic Risk Assessment and Retrofitting. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2681-1_20

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