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Experimental and Analytical Collapse Evaluation of an Existing Building

Akah, Ebiji Anthony
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437620552

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2015, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Civil Engineering.
This research investigates the progressive collapse vulnerability of an existing steel building, Haskett Hall, on the Ohio State University (OSU) campus. The building was tested by removing one of the first-story columns to observe its collapse resistance. Progressive collapse is a partial or complete collapse of a structure due to the loss of a supporting element, a column in this case. Few researchers have been able to conduct full-scale experiments to understand progressive collapse. One previous OSU study tested the vulnerability for progressive collapse of a steel frame building in Northbrook, Illinois, and another steel building on the OSU campus. It was concluded that more detailed models are needed to account for nonlinearity, three-dimensional and dynamic effects in analysis of a building frame including beams and columns surrounding the removed column. To address these issues, in this research deflections and strains within the neighboring beams and columns were measured during column removal. A structural analysis program, SAP2000, is used to run linear static and nonlinear dynamic analysis to predict building response, which is then compared to the measured data. The goal of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of geometric and modeling assumptions of two-dimensional and three-dimensional models in analyzing a historic steel building for progressive collapse. By following the General Services Administration (2003 and 2013), Haskett Hall was calculated to satisfy strength and stiffness requirements to prevent progressive collapse.
Halil Sezen (Advisor)
Shive Chaturvedi (Committee Member)
Abdollah Shafieezadeh (Committee Member)
310 p.
Civil Engineering
progressive collapse; full-scale testing; steel building; column removal; strain gauges; displacement sensors; linear static; nonlinear dynamic; SAP2000 analysis; three-dimensional model; two-dimensional model; GSA design guidelines

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  • Akah, E. A. (2015). Experimental and Analytical Collapse Evaluation of an Existing Building [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437620552

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Akah, Ebiji. Experimental and Analytical Collapse Evaluation of an Existing Building. 2015. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437620552.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Akah, Ebiji. "Experimental and Analytical Collapse Evaluation of an Existing Building." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437620552

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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