Peer-reviewed publications

Learning from the progressive collapse of buildings

Giacomo Caredda, Nirvan Makoond, Manuel Buitrago, Juan Sagaseta, Marios Chryssanthopoulos, Jose M. Adam.
Developments in the Built Environment, Volume 15 (2023), Article 100194.
Open-Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dibe.2023.100194.

The effect of continuity reinforcement on the progression of collapse in reinforced concrete buildings

Nirvan Makoond, Andri Setiawan, Sarah L. Orton, Jose M. Adam.
Structures, Volume 61, 2024, 105981, ISSN 2352-0124,
Open-Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.105981.

Arresting failure propagation in buildings through collapse isolation

Nirvan Makoond, Andri Setiawan, Manuel Buitrago & Jose M. Adam.
Nature 629, 592 – 596 (2024)
Open-Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07268-5.

Enhancing building robustness through a fuse-based segmentation framework

Giacomo Caredda, Nirvan Makoond, Manuel Buitrago, Juan Sagaseta, M. Chryssanthopoulos, Jose M. Adam
Developments in the Built Environment, Volume 19, 2024, 100515, ISSN 2666-1659
Open-Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dibe.2024.100515

Failure analysis after the progressive collapse of a precast building

Manuel Buitrago, Andri Setiawan, Nirvan Makoond, Maria L. Gerbaudo, Lorenzo Marin, Diego Cetina, Giacomo Caredda, Geovanny Sempertegui, Marina Oliver, Jose M. Adam
Engineering Structures, Volume 321, 2024, 118893, ISSN 0141-0296
Open-Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.118893

Practical methodology for quantifying the structural robustness of RC building structures

Andri Setiawan, Diego Cetina, Nirvan Makoond, Manuel Buitrago, Jose M. Adam
Structures, Volume 70, 2024, 107898, ISSN 2352-0124
Open-Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.107898

Robustness of a full-scale precast building structure after edge column failure

Manuel Buitrago, Juan Sagaseta, Nirvan Makoond, Andri Setiawan, Jose M. Adam
Engineering Structures, Volume 326, 2025, 119495, ISSN 0141-0296
Open-Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.119495