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Data-Assisted Design for Wind Loading

June 1, 2002
Author(s)
Emil Simiu, Fahim Sadek, T Whalen, S Jang, L L. Lu, S M. Diniz, A Grazini, Michael A. Riley
Current ASCE Standard provisions on wind loads for low-rise building design are based on wind tunnel tests conducted at the University of Western Ontario in the 1970's. In spite of the advances they entailed at the time, those provisions are inadequate

Design Procedures for Structures with Supplemental Dampers

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
Fahim Sadek, Michael A. Riley
Passive energy dissipation devices are used to reduce the damage from earthquakes by absorbing a portion of the earthquake-induced energy in structures. Wide acceptance of these devices in structures will depend on the availability of simplified methods

NIST Research on Structural Performance of Housing Systems

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
Fahim Sadek, Michael A. Riley
An outline of NIST research in the area of structural performance of housing systems is presented in this paper. The performance of wood-frame houses in past earthquakes and hur-ricanes is summarized, and the state-of-the-art in experimental and analytical

Linear Procedures for Structures with Velocity-Dependent Dampers

August 1, 2000
Author(s)
Fahim Sadek, B Mohraz, Michael A. Riley
Passive energy dissipation devices are used to reduce the damaging effects of earthquakes. These devices can absorb a portion of the earthquake-induced energy in structures and thus reduce the energy demand on structural members. Wide acceptance of these

Guidelines for Testing Passive Energy Dissipation Devices

November 1, 1999
Author(s)
Michael A. Riley, Fahim H. Sadek, B Mohraz
Passive energy dissipation devices can be used to significantly reduce the response of structures to earthquake and wind excitation. Wide acceptance of these devices depends on the availability of information on their performance as well as standards for