Another Look at the L'Ambiance Plaza Collapse

Martin, Rachel E.; Delatte, Norbert J.

doi:10.1061/(asce)0887-3828(2000)14:4(160)

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“…2, which shows an elevation of the building with the packages of slabs being jacked up together. Six theories are discussed in Martin and Delatte (2000). Several of the theories focus on the lift heads (Fig.…”

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Forensics and Case Studies in Civil Engineering Education: State of the Art

Delatte

Rens

2002

J. Perform. Constr. Facil.

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This paper reviews the state of the art in the use of forensic engineering and failure case studies in civil engineering education. The study of engineering failures can offer students valuable insights into associated technical, ethical, and professional issues. Lessons learned from failures have substantially affected civil engineering practice. For the student, study of these cases can help place design and analysis procedures into historical context and reinforce the necessity of lifelong learning. Three approaches for bringing forensics and failure case studies into the civil engineering curriculum are discussed in this paper. These are stand-alone forensic engineering or failure case study courses, capstone design projects, and integration of case studies into the curriculum. Some of the cases have been developed and used in courses at the United States Military Academy and the Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as at other institutions. Finally, the writers have tried to assemble many of the known sources of material, including books, technical papers, and magazine articles, videos, Web sites, prepared PowerPoint presentations, and television programs.

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Forensics and Case Studies in Civil Engineering Education: State of the Art

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2002

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“…Three slab panels lifted to their temporary positions collapsed onto the permanent slab below due to substandard welding at slab-to-column connections (Ellingwood et al, 2007;McGuire, 1992). The permanent slab was unable to resist the impact and collapsed, initiating a chain of collapses that progressed to the ground level (Martin and Delatte, 2000).…”

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“…The impact from the debris also caused the collapse to progress sideways, consuming an entire parking garage under construction adjacent to the tower. The L'Ambiance Plaza building in Bridgeport, USA in 1987 also collapsed during the construction phase (Martin and Delatte, 2000). This involved the lift-slab method in which post-tensioned concrete slabs were lifted onto steel column permanent supports.…”

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A review of progressive collapse research and regulations

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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures

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History has demonstrated that buildings designed to conventional design codes can lack the robustness necessary to withstand localised damage, partial or even complete collapse. This variable performance has led governmental organisations to seek ways of ensuring all buildings of significant size possess a minimum level of robustness. The research community has responded by advancing understanding of how structures behave when subjected to localised damage. Regulations and design recommendations have been developed to help ensure more consistent resilience in all framed buildings of significant size, and rigorous design approaches have been specified for buildings deemed potentially vulnerable to extreme loading events. This paper summarises some of the more important progressive collapse events, to identify key attributes that lead to vulnerability to collapse. Current procedures and guidelines for ensuring a minimum level of performance are reviewed and modelling methods for structures subjected to localised damage are described. These include increasingly sophisticated progressive collapse analysis procedures, including linear static and non-linear static analysis, as well as non-linear static pushover and linear dynamic methods. Finally, fully non-linear dynamic methods are considered. Building connections potentially represent the most vulnerable structural elements in steel-framed buildings; their failure can lead to progressive collapses. Steel connections also present difficulties with respect to frame modelling and this paper highlights benefits and drawbacks of some modelling procedures with respect to their treatment of connections.

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“…Each year, the students publish their cases on the UAB REU web site 8 . So far, two of the cases have been published in the ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 10,11 and a third has been accepted for publication by the Throughout the remainder of the project, which continues until February 2004, additional cases will be identified and developed.…”

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Using Failure Case Studies In Civil Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference Proceedings

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The study of engineering failures can offer students valuable insights into associated technical, ethical, and professional issues. Lessons learned from failures have substantially affected civil engineering practice. For the student, study of these cases can help place design and analysis procedures into historical context and reinforce the necessity of lifelong learning. Three approaches for bringing forensics and failure case studies into the civil engineering curriculum are available. These are stand-alone forensic engineering or failure case study courses, capstone design projects, and integration of case studies into the curriculum. Since it is not practical to add another required course to the crowded civil engineering curriculum, the latter approach will be more practical for most undergraduate programs. Some cases have been developed and used in courses at the United States Military Academy (USMA) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), as well as at other institutions. Currently an NSF-funded research project is underway at UAB to develop and disseminate case study materials. Under this project, a web site has been developed to provide case study materials for faculty. The web site links courses, course topics, and case studies illustrating those course topics through hypertext. Summarized case studies are provided, with references, along with links to selected fully developed case studies. An online bibliography provides sources of case study materials including books, technical papers and magazine articles, videos, web sites, prepared PowerPoint presentations, and television programs.

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Another Look at the L'Ambiance Plaza Collapse

Cited by 26 publications

References 12 publications

Forensics and Case Studies in Civil Engineering Education: State of the Art

Forensics and Case Studies in Civil Engineering Education: State of the Art

A review of progressive collapse research and regulations

Using Failure Case Studies In Civil Engineering Courses

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