Nowadays, increasing numbers of tall building design projects require more attention to the design of the building against progressive collapse. In many countries, special requirement has been made for tall building designs. For a high rise building, a separate progressive collapse analysis report is required to be submitted and checked by the building control department to get the construction permit. Therefore, in this course , the detailed progressive analysis and design methods will be introduced. The objective of this course is to assist a licensed design professional, practicing structural engineers, forensic structural engineers, consulting engineers, building officials, educators, students or/and a licensed general contractor to deeply know, and understand the phenomenon of progressive collapse of structures and how to prevent and mitigate it. The importance of this course lies in the fact that there are not a sufficient number of references dealing with this topic, so the course was designed to be an important guide for the structural engineers those working in this field.
Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of
twenty-five (25) questions to earn 5 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire file.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
1) Gaining a brief overview of prominent progressive collapse incidents
2) Gaining a general overview on the most common progressive collapse types
3) Gaining a general overview on the codes of practice, design guidelines, and design
approaches related to progressive collapse problems.
4) Gaining a general overview on the comparison between the international codes and
guidelines
5) Gaining a general overview on the design guidance for progressive collapse analysis
6) Gaining a general overview on the risk assessment
7) Gaining a general overview on the design and analysis method
8) Gaining a general overview on the structural analysis procedures and acceptance
criteria
9) Familiarizing with the modelling example of progressive collapse analysis using
SAP2000 – nonlinear dynamic procedure
10) Gaining a general overview on the determination the vulnerability of a structure to
progressive collapse and design corresponding mitigation measures to prevent such an
occurrence
11) Familiarizing with the various design solutions against progressive collapse:
prevention methods, and mitigation methods
