Robustness: The quality Ribera missed in 1905

Historical review of prescriptive design rules for robustness after the collapse of Ronan Point

“…Rather the focus is on the immediate discussion and reports that occurred (1968)(1969)(1970)(1971)(1972) and their consequences for the structural engineering community. Figure 2 provides a summary of some of the most significant events, covering a time scale from 1905 with an early example of a progressive collapse described in [6] with large social impact but negligible impact on codes and robustness considerations at that time, until 2025 with the expected end of the work on the second generation of Eurocodes.…”