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Numerical study on steel-concrete composite floor systems under corner T

column removal scenario
Qiuni Fu , Kang-Hai Tan
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School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore
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Keywords: In this paper, the authors assess the robustness of steel-concrete composite floor systems subjected to a Corner
Progressive collapse Column (CC) removal scenario based on numerical simulations. First, a modelling method is verified by previous
Column removal actual test results conducted by the authors. Afterwards, using the reliable modelling method a composite floor
Composite floor systems system subjected to a corner column loss is simulated, producing the static load-displacement curve, the failure
Dynamic behaviour
mode and load-transfer mechanisms. These results are compared with those of composite floor systems under an
Numerical study
Internal Column (IC) removal scenario. Besides, the model is applied to simulate that the same composite floor
system experiences a sudden column removal under six levels of loads. The dynamic displacement-time histories
under all levels of loads are obtained, from which the loads and corresponding maximum deflections constitute
the dynamic load-deflection response. They are used to evaluate the dynamic load capacity and deformability of
this composite floor system subjected to a sudden CC removal scenario. Lastly, Dynamic Increase Factors (DIFs)
are obtained through comparing the dynamic load-deflection response with the quasi-static one, which are
further compared with DIFs under IC scenario.
1. Introduction contribution in Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings. Qian and Li [2]

also studied the influences of slabs on the dynamic response of RC
Since the “911” event, studies on structural robustness against structures subjected to a sudden column loss. LIM [3] systematically
progressive collapse have become booming. Up to date, numbers of investigated the structural performance of 2D and 3D RC frames, as
experimental tests have been carried out to shed light on structural well as 3D RC frame-slabs under different column removal scenarios.
performance of joint components, two-dimensional (2D) cruciform Chen et al. [4] experimentally investigated the collapse resistance of
beam-column sub-structures and three-dimensional (3D) column-beam- a two-storey steel-frame-composite-floor system subjected to the
slab floor systems, based on column removal scenarios. Definitely, tests sudden loss of an edge column. In their test, the strains of steel members
on 3D floor systems can yield the most realistic behaviour. Besides were much smaller than the corresponding yield strain, so that the
experimental tests, Finite Element (FE) simulations also play an im- structural behaviour at large deformation stage was not observed. Ad-
portant role in revealing behaviour of structures subjected to extreme ditionally, Dynamic Increase Factor (DIF) could not be determined by
events. Especially due to the prohibitively high cost of tests on entire one free-fall test.
buildings or large-scale floor systems, researchers have to resort to Hadjioannou et al. [5] tested a composite floor system subjected to
numerical simulations for investigating the global structural behaviour. an Internal Column (IC) loss scenario. Unfortunately, they were not able
Regarding FE modelling methods, joint zones and beam-to-column to load up to failure. Instead, their deliberate weakening action led to
connections are usually simulated by the respective rigid zones and the collapse of the sub-structure so that they could not reveal the rea-
plastic hinges, which are not sufficiently accurate to capture the be- listic failure mechanism in the composite floor system under an IC loss
haviour of joints and connections subjected to large deformations. As a scenario.
matter of fact, joint behaviour evidently influences the overall beha- A field test was carried out by Song and Sezen [6] on an existing
viour of a building, so researchers ought to use more refined joint steel building by cutting off four ground-floor columns in sequence.
models. They have revealed some behaviour of a real steel building under
By conducting a few tests on beam-slab sub-structures under a column loss scenarios. However, the experimental results were too few
corner column removal scenario, Qian and Li [1] identified the slab to investigate load-resisting. Besides, the failure mechanism was not
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Corresponding author.
E-mail address: [email protected] (Q. Fu).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2019.06.003
Received 4 January 2019; Received in revised form 25 May 2019; Accepted 7 June 2019
Available online 17 June 2019
2352-0124/ © 2019 Institution of Structural Engineers. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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1. Introduction contribution in Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings. Qian and Li [2]

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