Low velocity vehicle impact against building structures: An outline of relevant codes
The actual trend of building codes is to include horizontal vehicle impacts as part of the accidental actions to consider in the design of a building structure. Most of these codes use an equivalent static load to represent the effects of the impact. In this paper we will review how this issue is co...
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Escuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2010
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| Sumario: | The actual trend of building codes is to include horizontal vehicle impacts as part of the accidental actions to consider in the design of a building structure. Most of these codes use an equivalent static load to represent the effects of the impact. In this paper we will review how this issue is covered by some of the most representative buildings codes in the world. In particular we will focus on impacts that cause horizontal actions on structures, like car crashes against parking columns. We will show that the indications given by the different codes are widely dispersed and there is not a clear rule to take into account the effects of a vehicle impact against a building structure through a equivalent static load. |
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