Progressive Collapse Resilience of Concrete Structures: Mechanisms, Simulations and Experiments

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Mechanisms of progressive collapse of concrete structures.- Chapter 3. Dynamic increase factor (DIF) of concrete structures.- Chapter 4. Spatial and slab effects on concrete structures.- Chapter 5. Mechanisms of progressive collapse of flat slab structures.- Chapter 6. Performance of infilled frames during progressive collapse.- Chapter 7. Vulnerability and robustness of RC frames to resist progressive collapse.

Dr. Kai Qian is Professor in the College of Civil Engineering and Architecture at Guilin University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in civil engineering in 2013 from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Then, he worked as Post-doctoral Researcher at Nanyang Technological University during 2013-2015. He was granted by the National Outstanding Youth Fund of China since 2020.

Prof. Kai Qian is Vice President of the Youth Committee of China Seismological Society for Infrastructure Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Reduction, Director in American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Singapore branch, Member in ASCE/SEI Disproportionate Collapse Tech. Committee, Member in ASCE/SEI Multihazard Mitigation (MHM) Committee, etc.; he is on the editorial board of several international journals.

Prof. Kai Qian has been teaching and conducting research on design of concrete structures including precast concrete and prestressing concrete structures. His research interest focuses on progressive collapse mitigation of concrete structures, seismic strengthening, and retrofitting of existing structures. He is PI of 3 projects supported by National Science Foundation of China. He has authored over 90 research articles. In addition, he served as Adviser to many Ph.D. and master's students.

Dr. Qin Fang is Professor of Civil Engineering at the Army Engineering University of PLA, China. He earned his Ph.D. in civil engineering from PLA University of Science and Technology, China.