Abstract: A new formulation for a robust, yet simple, uniaxial material model for reinforcing steel subjected to arbitrary loading is presented. The model provides steel stress as an explicit function of the total steel strain and ...

Abstract: This paper examines the structural response of cold-formed steel-framed building lateral force-resisting systems under combinations of simulated earthquake and fire loading. Full-scale experiments with gypsum-sheet steel ...

Abstract: This paper presents high temperature measurements using a Brillouin scattering-based fiber optic sensor and the application of the measured temperatures and building code recommended material parameters into enhanced ...