Research Article

Experimental Investigation of Progressive Collapse of Prestressed Concrete Frames after the Loss of Middle Column

Table 3

Experimental results.

Specimen IDThe yield load of frame beams Py (kN)The first peak load PP (kN)Load at the beginning of catenary action Pt (kN)Vertical displacement at Py (mm)Vertical displacement at PP (mm)Vertical displacement at Pt (mm)

S133.440.130.125.061.7142.0
S243.657.441.121.1104.7232.2
S336.452.145.325.4127.0212.7
S422.3N/AN/A32.4N/AN/A
S524.2N/AN/A29.7N/AN/A

N/A represents the unavailability of data.