Curbing the menace of reinforced concrete buildings collapse: A conceptual design and re-design approach for reversing the ugly trends
Timothy Oyewole ALAO, James OLAYEMI, Aliyu ABDUL
Abstract. Building collapse not arising primarily from the use of poor-quality materials has always been a worrisome concern to both Builders and Structural Engineers. This occurs, despite strict adherence to the fundamentals of structural mechanics employed in structural analysis and design. Case studies of total building collapse and avoidance of near collapse were discussed in the context of providing explanations for causes of collapse and measures employed to avert collapse of reinforced concrete buildings. Measures such as moment re-distribution, re-directing load paths, enhancing greater flexural rigidity, eliminating design flaws and construction sequence/methodology were discussed. Designing such a safe and efficient structural form using this conceptual design and re-design approaches would inherently satisfy both ultimate and serviceability requirements thus avoiding a total or near collapse of reinforced concrete buildings.
Keywords
Conceptual Design, Conceptual Re-Design, Moment Re-Distribution, Load Path, Structural Efficiency
Published online 3/25/2025, 10 pages
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Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Timothy Oyewole ALAO, James OLAYEMI, Aliyu ABDUL, Curbing the menace of reinforced concrete buildings collapse: A conceptual design and re-design approach for reversing the ugly trends, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 51, pp 93-102, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903537-11
The article was published as article 11 of the book Advances in Cement and Concrete
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