Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design developed by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) presents a recommended alternative to the prescriptive procedures for wind design of buildings contained in the nationally adopted standard Minimum … [Read more...] about Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design
Creating a free, open access North American Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) database of high impact building materials. Currently, modeling software tools are engaging Building Transparency to utilize the free API for the EC3 EPD database, but EPDs are not the appropriate embodied carbon data to use in … [Read more...] about Open Access North American LCI/LCA Database for High Impact Construction Materials (openIMPACT)
This research looks to advance Methods for the Efficient Estimation of the Reliability of Post-Elastic High-Rise Wind-Excited Structures within a Performance-Based Design (PBD) for high-rise buildings. “Current high-rise structural wind design is hampered by difficulties in efficiently modeling the … [Read more...] about Methods for the Efficient Estimation of High-Rise Wind-Excited Structures
A new, composite shear wall system is being explored in this ground-breaking research at Purdue University and the University at Buffalo. The innovative shear wall system employs two steel plates connected by steel cross ties that are then filled with high strength concrete. The shear wall system is … [Read more...] about Seismic and Wind Behavior and Design of Coupled CF-CPSW Core Walls for Steel Buildings
The aim of this collaboration was to create a practical design guide for the working professional that provides state-of-the-art guidance on integrating water reuse into modern day projects.The MKA Foundation partnered with other industry experts to create an objective and comprehensive guide for … [Read more...] about Onsite Non-Potable Water Reuse Practice Guide
Since 2016, we have been collaborating with Resource Fiber (RF) to test the strength, stiffness, and fire resistive properties of bamboo structural members. This has included a focus on composite slabs created from bamboo fiber nail-laminated timber (NLT) planks, with a concrete topping slab. In … [Read more...] about Mass Bamboo Research and Development
Understanding the behavior of structural elements subjected to extreme wind loading is key to the advancement of Performance-Based Wind Design. This project provides experimental testing of concrete link beams with non-seismic detailing when exposed to a large number of mildly-inelastic load cycles. … [Read more...] about Evaluation of the Performance of Concrete Coupling Beams Subjected to Inelastic Demands Under Wind Loading
