NOTICE: Due to a lapse in annual appropriations, most of this website is not being updated. Learn more.

Form submissions will still be accepted but will not receive responses at this time. Sections of this site for programs using non-appropriated funds (such as NVLAP) or those that are excepted from the shutdown (such as CHIPS and NVD) will continue to be updated.

U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Buildings & Construction

Structural engineering

Search Publications

Search Title, Abstract, Conference, Citation, Keyword or Author
  • Published Date
Displaying 26 - 50 of 155

A model for partially dependent component damage fragilities in seismic risk analysis

October 31, 2023
Author(s)
Jack Baker, Edward Almeter, Dustin Cook, ABBIE LIEL, Curt Haselton
This paper proposes a model to quantify dependencies in component damage in the FEMA P-58 seismic performance assessment methodology, and to simulate damage realizations with the desired dependencies. The model is compatible with the prior FEMA P-58

Assessing the Feasibility of Achieving Functional Recovery Goals through Seismic Retrofit of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings

September 23, 2023
Author(s)
Negar Mohammadgholibeyki, Maria Jose Echeverria, Amir Safiey, Dustin Cook, Maria Koliou, ABBIE LIEL
Damage from past earthquakes has significantly impeded post-earthquake building function, threatening community resilience, and motivating consideration of functional recovery in building design and assessment. This study examines whether it is feasible to

Backbone Curve Variations on Steel Building Seismic Response

June 2, 2023
Author(s)
Bruce Maison, Matthew Speicher, Dimitrios Lignos
A 4-story steel moment-frame building designed according to ASCE 7 was used in a numerical parameter study to assess the effects of modeling features on peak drift demands. Features studied included strength, stiffness, ductility, and degradation along

ASCE/SEI 41 Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings: Comparison of the Nonlinear Dynamic Procedure with Other Evaluation Methods

May 22, 2023
Author(s)
Andrew Sen, Dustin Cook, ABBIE LIEL, Tarbin Basnet, Russell Berkowitz, Ariel Creagh, Wassim Ghannoum, Ayse Hortacsu, Insung Kim, Hamid Koodiani, Dawn Lehman, Laura Lowes, Adolfo Matamoros, Farzad Naeim, Siamak Sattar, Rob Smith
The U.S. consensus standard for seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings, ASCE/SEI 41, establishes provisions for seismic analysis procedures that vary in complexity and fidelity. Although ASCE/SEI 41 provides detailed nonlinear dynamic

ASCE/SEI 41 Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings: Benchmarking ASCE/SEI 41 Nonlinear Dynamic Procedures with Empirical Damage Observations

May 19, 2023
Author(s)
Dustin Cook, Andrew Sen, Tarbin Basnet, Hamid Koodiani, Ariel Creagh, Abbie Liel, Russell Berkowitz, Wassim Ghannoum, Ayse Hortacsu, Insung Kim, Dawn Lehman, Laura Lowes, Adolfo Matamoros, Farzad Naeim, Siamak Sattar, Rob Smith
ASCE/SEI 41 is the consensus U.S. standard for the seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing buildings. Although the performance-based engineering standard is based on decades of research and the result of significant vetting by ASCE and other committees

Design Guide for New Tornado Load Requirements in ASCE 7-22

January 30, 2023
Author(s)
Erik Perfetto, James Taylor, Karah Osburn, Brian O'Connor, Marc Levitan, Jennifer Mitchell
This instructional guidance is for design professionals and building officials to help them determine when a building or other structure is required to be designed to minimum tornado loads and how to calculate design tornado forces. This guide is in

Effects of Modeling Decisions on the Lateral Performance of Cold-Formed Steel Framed Walls

October 17, 2022
Author(s)
Zhidong Zhang, Matthew Speicher, Amanpreet Singh, Tara Hutchinson, Benjamin Schafer
This study proposes a modeling protocol for the lateral performance of cold-formed steel (CFS) framed wall-lines that contain both steel sheet sheathed shear walls as well as gravity walls and may include the impact of non-structural finish on these wall
Was this page helpful?