Building collapse is a universal problem that has resulted in disruption, loss of lives and capital costs, as well negatively affecting the image construction industry its practitioners. The current study seeks to achieve following objectives: (i) assess contributing factors internal stakeholders building due challenges faced Lagos state, Nigeria; (ii) determine remedies by towards reducing spa...

Soft storey building is popular due to the functional and aesthetic purpose, despite its weakness in resisting seismic excitation. Nonlinear Static (Pushover) Analysis (POA) is a time saving and simple assessment procedure prosposed in Eurocode 8 (EC8). However, its reliability in designing structure still remains a question. At the first stage, seismic performance of several building models us...

Improper seismic design of buildings can lead to collapse and severe damage due natural unpredictable earthquake loads. Based on a comprehensive analysis the effect quantity reinforcement frame plastic hinge formation building at wall buildings, this paper proposes rational method for by means control protect lives property people ensure stability building.

The answer may be yes. A discrete model of energy-conserved wavefunction collapse is proposed. It is shown that the model is consistent with existing experiments and our macroscopic experience.

progressive collapse is a chain reaction of failures propagating throughout a portion of the structure disproportionate to the original local failure occurring when a sudden loss of a critical load‐bearing element initiates a structural element failure, eventually resulting in partial or full collapse of the structure. both general services administration (gsa) and united states department of d...