Keywords: Retrofitting. Braced steel truss bridge piers. Eccentrically braced frames. Self-stabilizing tubular links. Seismic load resisting systems. Finite element (FE) analyses. Parametric studies.

Wood structural panel sheathed shear walls and diaphragms are the primary lateral-load-resisting elements in wood-frame construction. As wood-frame construction is continuously evolving, designers in ...

Seattle's Rainier Square Tower, shown under construction but now nearing completion, is the 850-ft-tall proof of concept for the SpeedCore system. Supporters of a high-rise lateral-load resisting ...

Keywords: Versatile experimentation models. Structures. Near collapse. Seismic evaluations. Irregular structures. Seismic responses. Versatile model. Damage ...