Abstract: Cracking is a very common phenomenon in reinforced concrete (RC) members, dramatically affecting the members’ properties, such as stiffness, deformation capacity, and permeability. However, cracks develop randomly, making ...

Abstract: Insufficient anchorage of nonstructural components is a substantial cause of earthquake damage. To investigate this issue, shake table tests were conducted on model nonstructural components suspended and supported via ...

Abstract: Traditional sensors, such as accelerometers and displacement transducers, are widely used in laboratory and field experiments in earthquake engineering to measure the motions of both structural and nonstructural components. ...

Abstract: The primary objective of this work is to provide connection-level force-deformation response appropriate for standard cold-formed steel (CFS) framed steel sheet sheathed shear walls under cyclic loads. Common CFS framing ...

Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery has recently emerged as a promising alternative for operational condition inspection and postdisaster damage assessment of civil structures (e.g., bridges and buildings). However, ...

Abstract: This paper presents the seismic performance of two types of cold-formed steel wall systems as characterized during a full-scale five-story building shake table test program: (1) an exterior architectural façade, which ...