Abstract: Experiments were carried out on shear links with webs made from two metal sheets vulcanized to an elastomeric core to investigate the concept of utilizing continuous web stiffening as means of enhancing the hysteretic ...

Abstract: A concept for providing continuous out-of-plane web stiffness in shear-dominated links subjected to cyclic loading was investigated as an alternative to using discrete web stiffeners. The continuously stiffened web consisted ...

Abstract: This paper is the second of two companion papers that seeks to compare homeowners’ expectations of damage and engineering predictions of damage to timber-framed houses before and after undertaking seismic structural ...