Linear and nonlinear equivalency factors for progressive collapse analyses
| dc.contributor.advisor | Williamson, Eric B, 1968- | |
| dc.creator | Khandelwal, Akansha | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-03T18:27:56Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-22T22:31:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-03T18:27:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-22T22:31:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In recent years, progressive collapse as an engineering problem has become a topic of interest due to the observed performance of some structures following terrorist attacks. Due to its highly nonlinear and dynamic nature, rigorous analysis to resist collapse is not common in design offices. Current guidelines by the federal government and US military have addressed this issue and have provided simplified static analysis methods to help mitigate collapse. Past research, however, has suggested that these existing guidelines may be too conservative. This research study focuses on the estimation of equivalency factors for static linear and static nonlinear alternate load path analyses that can be used to achieve the same level of safety as computed from dynamic nonlinear analyses. | en_US |
| dc.description.department | Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.15781/T2639K99S | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/46313 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UT Electronic Theses and Dissertations | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. | en_US |
| dc.rights.restriction | Restricted | en_US |
| dc.subject | Progressive collapse | en_US |
| dc.subject | Static linear load | en_US |
| dc.subject | Static nonlinear load | en_US |
| dc.title | Linear and nonlinear equivalency factors for progressive collapse analyses | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | en_US |