Abstract: The failure of building façades is one of the prime factors governing economic losses due to extreme wind events. This paper presents the details of a postdisaster field investigation performed after the very severe cyclonic ...

Abstract: Plates resting on an elastic medium are normally analyzed in a simplified way using the linear Winkler foundation approach. Nevertheless, plates resting on layered medium with vast differences in their moduli exhibit ...

Abstract: The North American Standard (NAS) and the European Standard (EC3) for cold-formed steel design provide limited guidelines for the strength predictions of built-up columns. The existing design equations are limited to ...