Abstract: This paper presents a new two-dimensional shear-wall and diaphragm model developed as part of a Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Project entitled NEES-Soft: Seismic Risk Reduction for Soft-Story Woodframe ...

Abstract: This paper evaluated the progressive collapse robustness of steel intermediate moment-resisting frames (MRFs) under different fire-induced column failure scenarios. For this purpose, 3-, 7-, and 12-story intermediate MRFs ...

Abstract: Light-frame wood (woodframe) buildings have been tested at full-scale sparingly around the world, primarily due to the cost associated with such testing and a general lack of facilities large enough to test at system level. ...