Abstract: Past research has shown that blast-loaded steel stud walls exhibit a range of different failure mechanisms depending on the stud and track section properties, connection details, and sheathing characteristics. To date, few ...

Abstract: Blast-loaded structures respond dynamically to impulsive loads generated by an explosion. Individual components must possess adequate flexural and sectional shear capacity to survive such extreme loads. Unlike static loads, ...

Abstract: Composite steel bridges in the United Sates are typically constructed using 22 mm-diameter (7/8 in.-diameter) shear studs. The number of shear studs on a girder can be significantly reduced by using larger-diameter studs. ...

Abstract: The collapse of conventional/nonhardened structures was a concern of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for years before the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers during the terrorist attacks on September 11, ...