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Matthew Speicher, Zhidong Zhang, Benjamin W. Schafer
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of applying the ASCE 41-17 performance-based design provisions on a 2-story case study building previously design and tested during the CFS-NEES research project. The latest version of the American
Christopher Segura, Siamak Sattar, Mohammadamin Hariri Ardebili
In seismic performance evaluations, the force-deformation response of a structure is typically assessed using a deterministic analytical model, and inherent uncertainty is often neglected. For reinforced concrete structures, a source of uncertainty is
This article discusses the background and motivation of work conducted at NIST to advance first-generation performance-based design procedures in ASCE 41.
ASCE 41 is a standard that contains performance-based engineering procedures sometimes used to assess and retrofit existing structures. In 2015, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology completed a study investigating the relationship
Jonathan Weigand, Fahim H. Sadek, Travis Thonstad, Sorin Marcu, Rudy Villegas, Long Phan, Adam L. Pintar
This report describes the results of Task 3 of a five-task comprehensive research program conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the sponsorship of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The overall study aims
Travis Thonstad, Jonathan Weigand, Joseph Main, Hai Lew
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is continuing its research on the mitigation of disproportionate collapse in structural systems typical of U.S. building construction. As part of this research, two ten-story precast concrete moment frame
In this report, high-Reynolds number turbulent flow around an axisymmetric hill is studied using large eddy and unsteady Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes simulations and the results are extensively validated against experiment. The boundary-layer thickness
Fahim H. Sadek, Travis E. Thonstad, Sorin Marcu, Jonathan Weigand, timothy J. barrett, Hai S. Lew, Long Phan, Adam L. Pintar
This report describes the results of Task 1 of a five-task comprehensive research program being conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the sponsorship of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The overall study
Travis E. Thonstad, Jonathan Weigand, Fahim H. Sadek, Sorin Marcu, timothy J. barrett, Hai S. Lew, Long Phan, Adam L. Pintar
This report describes the results of Task 2 of a five-task comprehensive research program being conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the sponsorship of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The overall study
This paper presents closed-formed equations developed to evaluate critical temperatures of structural steel compression and tension members exposed to fire. The deterministic approach involved a parametric study using finite-element simulations in order to
Matthew Speicher, Zhidong Zhang, Benjamin W. Schafer
The objective of this paper is to summarize the evaluation results from applying the updated performance-based seismic design provisions: ASCE 41-17, on a cold-formed steel framed building sited in a location with high seismic demands. The assessment
Matthew S. Speicher, Ivana Olivares, Benjamin W. Schafer
The objective of this report is to assess the adequacy of new provisions in ASCE 41 for seismic assessment of cold-formed steel framed buildings. A two-story cold-formed steel (CFS) framed building that has been designed to contemporary seismic standards
Codes and standards developing organizations, such as American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and American Concrete Institute (ACI), rely on experimental data to develop modeling parameters and acceptance criteria to be used in performance-based seismic