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 and/or 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. The world has seen a surge in rigorous study efforts on the progressive collapse of structures in the past few decades. These events have led to new standards and provisions in building codes of practice, many of which are still being developed and updated today. Although there have been some excellent reviews covering different aspects of progressive collapse, the sheer volume of research performed in this area in recent years means that highly relevant investigation methods and research findings are not covered by them. To fill this void, this review course aims to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of progressive collapse research on building structures. The review is organized into 10 sections that cover: (1) essential background information; (2) prominent collapse cases; (3) progressive collapse typology; (4) design standards; (5) investigation methods; (6) design guidance for progressive collapse analysis; (7) risk assessment ; (8) design and analysis method; (9) modelling example of progressive collapse analysis using sap2000; (10) design solutions against progressive collapse. Therefore, this course provides a crucial resource to acquire a global overview of current state-of-the-art progressive collapse research and future requirements, making it valuable to both novice and experienced practitioners and researchers.

Learning Objectives

• Gaining a brief overview of prominent progressive collapse incidents
• Gaining a general overview on the most common progressive collapse types
• Gaining a general overview on the codes of practice, design guidelines, and design approaches related to progressive collapse problems.
• Gaining a general overview on the comparison between the international codes and guidelines
• Gaining a general overview on the design guidance for progressive collapse analysis
• Gaining a general overview on the risk assessment
• Gaining a general overview on the design and analysis method
• Gaining a general overview on the structural analysis procedures and acceptance criteria
• Familiarizing with the modelling example of progressive collapse analysis using SAP2000 – nonlinear dynamic procedure
• 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
• Familiarizing with the various design solutions against progressive collapse: prevention methods, and mitigation methods