Practice-oriented Numerical Model for Seismic Response of Cold-formed Steel-framed Mid-rise Buildings
Engineering Structures, 319, 118833 — 2024 Best Paper Award, Editor's Featured Paper

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Engineering Structures, 319, 118833 — 2024 Best Paper Award, Editor's Featured Paper
18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy.
Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 53(3), 1195-1215
JHU and UCSD researchers validate the resilience of the tallest cold-formed steel building ever tested on a shake table.
Recent studies show how cold-formed steel systems deliver durability and seismic performance.
ASCE Civil Engineering Source highlighted new experiments demonstrating the durability of steel-sheathed cold-formed steel-framed wall systems.