?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Moment+resisting+steel-concrete+composite+frames+under+the+column+loss+scenario%3A+design+of+an+experimental+study&rft.creator=Zandonini%2C+R&rft.creator=Baldassino%2C+N&rft.creator=Freddi%2C+F&rft.description=Robustness+is+a+very+topical+research+issue%2C+and+several+research+work+have+been+carried+out+in+recent+years.+The+University+of+Trento+was+involved+in+the+project%E2%80%98Robust+impact+design+of+steel+and+composite+building+structures%E2%80%99+(acronym+ROBUSTIMPACT).+The+project+was+financially+supported+in+the+framework+of+the+European+RFCS+program+(Research+Fund+for+Coal+and+Steel).+This+document+concerns+the+experimental+activities+carried+out+at+the+Laboratory+of+Material+and+Structural+Testing+(LMST)+of+the+University+of+Trento.+The+project+focuses+on+the+behaviour+of+composite+steel+and+concrete+framed+buildings+subject+to+accidental+actions.+Within+the+project%2C+several+experimental+analyses+were+performed+by+the+partners%2C+ranging+from+the+local+to+the+global+response.+As+to+the+global+behaviour%2C+at+LMST+two+3D+full-scale+tests+on+steel-concrete+composite+sub-frames+simulating+the+total+loss+of+an+impacted+column+were+performed.+The+purpose+of+the+study+is+to+improve+the+state+of+knowledge+on+the+contribution+offered+by+the+joints+and+by+the+3D+slab+system+in+terms+of+activation+of+an+alternative+mechanism+of+resistance.+The+research+assumes+two+reference+case+studies+of+steel+and+concrete+five-story+buildings+differing+for+in-plane+column+layout.+Two+sub-frames+were+%E2%80%98extracted%E2%80%99+from+these+structures+and+tested+in+the+laboratory.+The+plan+of+the+experimental+tests+required+preliminary+studies+devoted+to%3A+selection+and+definition+of+a+reference+buildings+assumed+as+case+studies%3B+design+of+the+reference+buildings+according+to+the+Eurocodes%3B+identification+of+representative+substructures+(slab-beam+system%2C+columns+and+joints)+from+the+reference+structures+to+be+experimentally+investigated%3B+design+of+the+testing+set-up.+This+report+concern+the+design+of+the+case+studies%2C+of+the+specimens+and+of+the+testing+set-up.+In+particular%2C+Section+2+illustrates+the+design%2C+based+on+the+relevant+Eurocodes%2C+of+the+reference+structures+for+both+the+geometric+configurations.+Section+3+reports+the+design+of+the+sub-structures+including+also+the+numerical+analysis+and+the+design+of+the+testing+setup.+Finally%2C+Section+4+provides+the+details+of+the+components+of+the+two+specimens+as+needed+for+their+fabrication%2C+and+of+the+testing+set-up.+All+the+related+drawings+are+reported+in+Annexes+A-C.&rft.publisher=University+of+Trento&rft.date=2018-11&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++University+of+Trento%3A+Trento%2C+Italy.+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10080448%2F1%2FRobustimpact_Report_UNITN_2019_Moment%2520resisting%2520steel-concrete%2520composite%2520frames.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10080448%2F&rft.rights=open