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Structural engineering

a chain of failures in which local damage from an abnormal event such as an explosion spreads to bring down a large part of a structure.

In structural engineering, progressive collapse refers to a chain of failures in which local damage from an abnormal event such as an explosion spreads to bring down a large part of a structure. This meaning comes from Ellingwood (2006) in Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities.[1]

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References

Ellingwood, B. R. (2006). Mitigating Risk from Abnormal Loads and Progressive Collapse. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 20(4), 315-323. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0887-3828(2006)20:4(315)

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