Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering
Designing a structure to resist earthquakes requires several considerations that can be ignored in design to resist most other loads. The loading is more severe, the permissible response will usually […]
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Transportation Infrastructure: Your Daily Commute
Virtual EventThe passage of H.R.3684 – the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – ensures daily commutes across metropolitan cities and small towns will be improved. The bill reauthorizes surface transportation programs […]
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Diaphragm Seismic Design Part 1
Virtual EventThe 2020 NEHRP Provisions and ASCE/SEI 7-22 incorporate several notable changes to seismic design of diaphragms. This includes expanded applicability of the ASCE 7-16 Section 12.10.3 alternative design provisions for diaphragms, originally […]
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Diaphragm Seismic Design Part 2
Virtual EventThe 2020 NEHRP Provisions and ASCE/SEI 7-22 incorporate several notable changes to seismic design of diaphragms. This includes expanded applicability of the ASCE 7-16 Section 12.10.3 alternative design provisions for diaphragms, originally […]
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Reinforced Concrete Ductile Coupled Shear Walls
Virtual EventCoupled shear wall systems are recognized as distinct from isolated shear wall systems in Canadian and New Zealand codes; they are also accorded higher response modification factors in view of […]
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Transportation Infrastructure: Goods and Travel
Virtual EventThe Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will improve the way Americans travel, as well as how goods and materials are transported. With the current economic state occurring from a multitude […]
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Nonstructural Components: Fundamentals and Design Examples – Part 1
Virtual EventThe 2020 NEHRP Provisions developed major updates to nonstructural seismic design provisions which were then adapted for Chapter 13 of ASCE/SEI 7-22. The primary focus of the updates is the equation used to determine […]
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Nonstructural Components: Fundamentals and Design Examples – Part 2
Virtual EventThe 2020 NEHRP Provisions developed major updates to nonstructural seismic design provisions which were then adapted for Chapter 13 of ASCE/SEI 7-22. The primary focus of the updates is the equation used […]
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Evolution of Seismic Design Values over the Years and the 2018 Update of the USGS National Seismic Hazard Model
Virtual EventEvolution of Seismic Design Values over the Years The 2020 NEHRP Provisions, and ASCE 7-24 that is based on it, adopt a new USGS ground motion model that incorporates stie […]
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New Multi-Period Response Spectra and Ground Motion Requirements, Additional Revisions to Ground-Motion Provisions, and Dissection of Example Changes to the MCER Ground Motion Values
Virtual EventNew Multi-Period Response Spectra and Ground Motion Requirements This presentation summarizes a comprehensive set of new multi-period response spectra (MPRS) and related ground motion requirements of the 2020 edition of […]
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Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Shear Walls and Resilience-Based Design
Virtual EventCross Laminated Timber (CLT) Shear Wall Design Example Seismic force resisting systems based on Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) shear walls have garnered considerable attention for use in building structures around […]
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Seismic Design of Coupled Composite Plate Shear Walls / Concrete Filled (C-PSW/CF)
Virtual EventComposite Plate Shear Wall / Concrete Filled (C-PSW/CF), also known as the SpeedCore system, is an efficient seismic force-resisting system for buildings. Two types of C-PSW/CF systems are possible: coupled […]