Abstract: Light-gauge cold-formed steel (CFS) is being used more and more as an economical and high performing construction material. In this paper, a numerical study of the seismic performance of an innovative light-gauge cold-formed ...

Abstract: Shear walls have very high in-plane stiffness and strength, which can be used to simultaneously resist large horizontal loads and support gravity loads, making them quite advantageous in many structural engineering ...

Abstract: Performance-based design is being developed and implemented in seismic and fire resistant design. The field of structural wind engineering has introduced several techniques that may eventually lead to performance-based ...