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Projects/Programs

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Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Walls

Ongoing
Objective: The project includes two critical tasks identified in Performance Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE): (1) use of simplified reinforced concrete wall models in high-fidelity nonlinear dynamic analysis that have no robust experimental data validation - to be solved by thorough experimental...

Structural Performance for Multi-hazards Program

Completed
Objective: To develop and deploy advances in measurement science to enhance the robustness of buildings and infrastructure to natural and manmade hazards. What is the technical idea? The fundamental new idea is that structural robustness can be significantly enhanced by developing reliable...

Sustainable Engineered Materials

Ongoing
NIST will advance measurement science tools to reliably assess the performance of sustainable materials for the manufacturing, construction, and transportation industries. These industrial sectors must meet demands for higher performance, multi-functionality, and for longer life to ensure a...

Validation of ASCE 41 Procedures in PBSE

Completed
Objective - The objective of this study is to advance first-generation performance-based seismic engineering (PBSE) methods by assessing the performance of a set of code-compliant buildings using ASCE/SEI 41 methodologies. This study focuses on steel buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs) and...

Windstorms and Tornadoes: Hazard Characterization and Structural Design

Ongoing
Objective To significantly reduce the loss of life and property caused by extreme wind events and to enhance the resilience of American communities through improved characterization of extreme windstorms and tornadoes, development of performance-based design methods for extreme winds, and...
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