Performance-based seismic design is on a roll, thanks to recent, first-of-their-kind shake-table tests that proved the viability of a “rocking” braced frame that moves seismic design beyond ...

This is a schematic diagram of the rocking frame set up for shake-table testing. The steel-braced frame is shown in red. The white structure behind the frame simulates the weight of a three-story ...

Since 1987, MCEER, formerly the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) and the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research ( NCEER), has produced over 600 ...

Yang Rongqian, Zhou Xuejun, Experimental study on the seismic behavior of concentrically braced steel frames with extended end-plate bolted connections, Science Progress (1933-), Vol. 103, No. 3 (2020 ...