Abstract: Laboratory studies have been conducted over the past four years at the Building Envelope Research Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla to investigate the serviceability and fallout resistance of various types of ...

Abstract: A state of the practice summary is presented with regard to the design of architectural glazing to resist earthquakes. Highlighted are new model building code provisions that have been adopted recently by a number of code ...

Abstract: Severe windstorm events such as Hurricane Andrew in 1992 have underscored the vulnerability of building envelopes to breaching under the combined effects of windborne debris impacts and wind pressures. Damage to building ...

Abstract: As part of an ongoing laminated glass research program at the Glass Research and Testing Laboratory at Texas Tech University, full‐scale laminated glass laboratory specimens were tested under uniform lateral loads and ...

Abstract: Earth sheltered housing is a viable means of achieving superior energy performance, lower maintenance cost, and protection from extreme weather. Despite demonstrated potential for large‐scale acceptance in the housing ...

Abstract: Composite flexural members with vertical laminations are sometimes loaded in such a manner that individual components of the composite member tend to deflect unevenly. A simple procedure is presented for determining the ...