Energy absorption potential of light weight concrete floors

This paper investigates the energy absorption potential offered by light weight concrete (LWC) floors, perhaps when a building is poised to collapse from some extreme loading event. It is assumed here that the failure of LWC structural floor slabs would likely result in both break-up and pulverization of the concrete. To estimate the extent to which crushing of large portions of floor slab material would absorb energy, a series of concrete …