Alternative Load Path Analysis of a Prototype Reinforced Concrete Frame Building

Published

April 5, 2017

Author(s)

Yihai Bao, Joseph Main, Hai S. Lew

Abstract

This paper presents alternative load path analyses of a 5-bay by 5-bay, 10-story prototype reinforced concrete moment frame building under column loss scenarios. This prototype building is used for example analysis problems in the Alternative Load Path Analysis Guidelines, which are being developed by the Disproportionate Collapse Technical Committee of the Structural Engineering Institute, and the analyses presented in this paper are being submitted for inclusion in these guidelines as part of the chapter on advanced numerical modeling. The prototype building was designed for Seismic Design Category (SDC) C, for a location in Atlanta, GA. Intermediate moment frames were selected as the lateral force-resisting system and were designed in accordance with the requirements of the American Concrete Institute 318 Building Code. A two-way concrete slab was used at each floor level, including the roof. Using a reduced-order finite-element modeling approach, full-building analyses are presented under three different first-story column loss scenarios, including a corner column, an edge column, and an interior column. Results from nonlinear dynamic analysis (i.e., sudden column removal) are compared with results from nonlinear static analysis (i.e., push-down analysis) using an energy-based procedure to account for the dynamic effects of sudden column loss. The robustness index for the building is also evaluated based on its ultimate capacity under the same set of sudden column loss scenarios.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings of 2017 Structures Congress

Conference Dates

April 6-8, 2017

Conference Location

Denver, CO, US

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

building, column loss, concrete, disproportionate collapse, finite element analysis, structural robustness

Citation

Bao, Y. , Main, J. and Lew, H. (2017), Alternative Load Path Analysis of a Prototype Reinforced Concrete Frame Building, Proceedings of 2017 Structures Congress, Denver, CO, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=922173 (Accessed January 23, 2025)