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Use of High-Efficiency Energy Absorbing Device to Arrest Progressive Collapse of Tall Building
Authors:Qing Zhou  T X Yu
Affiliation:1Professor, State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Dept. of Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, 100084, China. E-mail: zhouqing@tsinghua.edu.cn
2Head and Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. E-mail: metxyu@ust.hk
Abstract:The World Trade Center collapse has brought attention to progressive collapse of tall buildings and the study of possible countermeasures. From the viewpoint of energy transfer, this analysis explains why the collapse could not stop by itself once began. By introducing a design parameter called collapse stability index that controls design against progressive collapse, it is found that conventional design of a tall building usually leads to an inherently unstable structure in the event of a progressive collapse. In a subsequent feasibility study in this paper, a heavy-duty metal-based honeycomb energy absorbing structure is proposed. Using a finite element analysis, it is demonstrated that the structure is capable of absorbing potential energy released in a tall building collapse. The added energy absorbing devices will only occupy a small percentage of the total floor space. By properly designing and installing such devices, a progressive collapse, should it happen in a tall building, may be arrested within a few floors, and hence, the building is inherently stable to the progressive collapse. The theory is also elaborated with the example of the World Trade Center collapse.
Keywords:Buildings  high-rise  Impact loads  Failures  Collapse  Honeycomb structures  Energy absorption  
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