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Application of 360 Degree Imaging and Construction Progress Documentation Platforms in Large-scale Experimental Testing: A CFS10 Case Study

July 13, 2026
Author(s)
Amanpreet Singh, Matthew Speicher, Fidence Cyizere Rukundo, Benjamin Schafer, Tara Hutchinson
Large-scale experimental testing requires documentation of construction processes and damage throughout testing. Traditional photographic records, while useful, face challenges of organization and accessibility, and ease of use. To address these issues

Crack Formation Modeling in Concrete Affected by Iron-Sulfide Reactions

June 24, 2026
Author(s)
Osamah Dehwah, Nicos Martys, Edward Garboczi, Michael Mengason, Patrick Dixon, Stephanie Watson
Damage in concrete containing sulfide-bearing aggregates has become a critical issue in several countries such as the USA, Canada, and Ireland. This deterioration unfolds over decades and is driven by oxidation reactions in sulfide-bearing aggregates

Unification of Multi-Source and Multi-Fidelity Fragility Functions

April 4, 2026
Author(s)
Mohammadamin Hariri Ardebili, Siamak Sattar
The derivation of fragility functions through nonlinear dynamic analysis is a domain that has garnered significant attention historically. The majority of prior research efforts have been focused on the ground motion record-to-record variability and the

Hurricane Ian Research Study Volume 1: Hurricane Ian Data Synthesis Workshop Report

February 17, 2026
Author(s)
James LaDue, Daniel Cox, Marc Levitan, Mershad Amini, Sebastiao Figueira
This report documents the results of the Hurricane Ian Data Synthesis Workshop, held on June 6, 2023, at the American Society of Civil Engineers headquarters in Reston, Virginia. The purpose of the workshop, which was conducted in collaboration between

New Precast Concrete Moment Connections under a Column Removal Scenario

September 22, 2025
Author(s)
Malcolm Ammons, Jonathan Weigand, Travis Thonstad
This technical note presents an experimental investigation of the performance of five novel precast concrete moment-resisting connections subjected to a simulated column removal scenario. The objectives of the investigation were 1) to characterize the

User's Manual of DAD_PBD: 3D Viewer Graphical User Interface

August 5, 2025
Author(s)
Daniel Rhee, DongHun Yeo, Tyler Gorton, Charys Clay
The DAD_PBD is a user-friendly structural design tool for mid- and high-rise buildings. It incorporates commercial software ETABS for structural and dynamic analysis and applies the Database-Assisted Design (DAD) approach, utilizing time-domain analysis

State of the Art and Research Needs in Design for Tornadoes: Structural Engineering Institute Workshop Report

September 30, 2024
Author(s)
Donald Scott, Jennifer Goupil, Shane Crawford, Alex Griffin, Cherylyn Henry, Marc Levitan, Franklin Lombardo, John van de Lindt, Peter Vickery
The Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) has a long history of working with NIST and other federal partners to improve ASCE/SEI 7 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criterial for Buildings and Other Structures, the national loading standard. Following

Construction Quality and Assurance for Functional Recovery Design

September 6, 2024
Author(s)
Jakub Valigura, Dustin Cook, Siamak Sattar
As part of the ACI 374A Subcommittee on Design of Reinforced Concrete Structure for Functional Recovery, the authors held six expert panel discussions with experts in various aspects of building design and construction. The goal of the discussions was to

Database-assisted-design facilitating performance-based tall building design

July 17, 2024
Author(s)
Daniel Rhee, Sophie Sisson, Brian Carman, Mehedy Mashnad, DongHun Yeo
In recent years, wind design, particularly for high-rise buildings, has seen a paradigm shift from a code-based descriptive method to a more specific performance-objective-based design. This new approach, known as the Performance-Based Wind Design (PBWD)
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