The Cost of Retrofitting Steel-Concrete Composite Buildings Against Progressive Collapse with Steel Cables

PAPAVASILEIOU, Georgios and PNEVMATIKOS, Nikos (2017). The Cost of Retrofitting Steel-Concrete Composite Buildings Against Progressive Collapse with Steel Cables. International Journal of Progressive Sciences and Technologies, 6 (1), 103-115.

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Abstract

Steel cables are an attractive means of retrofit with various engineering applications. They have been extensively used to strengthen deficient buildings against gravitational or earthquake-induced loads. This work investigates the use of steel cables as a means of retrofitting steel-concrete composite buildings against progressive collapse. The effect of the building’s characteristics on the total retrofit cost is studied. A fair assessment of designs defined for different requirements is achieved by definition of the most cost-effective solution for each scenario. This is achieved by an optimization algorithm, i.e. the Evolution Strategies, which is employed to define the solution with the desired performance and, at the same time, the minimum cost. For this purpose, a total number of 144 optimizations have been performed. The results yielded reveal the different properties of each retrofit scenario.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.52155/ijpsat.v6.1.204
Page Range:	103-115
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Elements
Depositing User:	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2023 12:37
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2023 11:30
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/32228

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