The Progressive Collapse Behavior of Precast Floor-to-Floor Connections Using Longitudinal and Transverse Ties

Abstract:

This paper involves a fundamental study of a numerical method for progressive collapse resistance design of floor-to-floor joints in precast cross-wall structures. It presents a 3D numerical study of a floor-to-floor system with longitudinal and transverse ties. The model is also used to derive the post-bond behavior and the mechanism of forming catenary action concerning the bond behavior in precast cross-wall structures. The obtained results indicated the adequacy and applicability of the code specifications in British Standard, Euro Codes, and DoD 2013. Discrepancies in the tie-force between the numerical results and codified specifications have suggested an inappropriate use of the current TF method, hence, an improved model based on the numerical results has been proposed to address this concern. To the authors’ best knowledge, this is the first numerical study to investigate the behavior of floor-to-floor joints following the removal of wall support in typical precast cross-wall structures when considering bar fracture and pull-out failure mode..

• Periodical: Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 144)
• Pages: 113-134
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-rRn2bk
• Online since: March 2024
• Authors: Mosleh Tohidi*, Alan Janbey, Ali B-Jahromi
• Keywords: Catenary Actions, Cross Wall, Dynamic Analysis, Failure, Precast Concrete, Progressive Collapse, Translator

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