The FastFloor C team has created two building archetypes for the FastFloor C all-steel floor modules. The first is a
Fire performance research for FastFloor C initiates
The research team at Purdue university (Shivam Sharma, Amit Varma) is currently investigating the fire performance of the FastFloor system.
Ongoing vibration research for FastFloor C
At West Virginia University (Sahab Rifai, Onur Avci) following the recent completion of vibration testing, finite element modeling and calibration
Diaphragm behavior of FastFloor C – new testing gets underway
At Virginia Tech University (Fadeel Ramadan, Matt Eatherton) are working on sub-assemblage and smaller scale testing to establish the critical
FastFloor R initiates web crippling research
Ongoing work on FastFloor R is moving into Phase 3 which focuses largely on the potential web crippling limit states
Walking simulations to assess floor vibrations in FastFloor C
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University (Rajshri Chidambaram Muthu Kumar and Ben Schafer) are investigating the vibration performance of FastFloor’s single
Gravity testing plans and analysis for FastFloor C
Research at Northeastern University (Ruipeng Liu, Sujit Bhandari, Jerome F. Hajjar) is focusing on the structural behavior of the FastFloor
FastFloor C Vibration Testing
Floor vibration serviceability tests were performed on the full-bay FastFloor C specimen (30 ft x 42 ft) in the first
FastFloor C – Localized loading test
Testing on a FastFloor C prototype was recently conducted at Virginia Tech. A 10-ft-wide by 22-ft-span FastFloor module was subjected
FastFloor C – Gravity Testing
A four-point bending test was recently conducted at Virginia Tech on a 5-ft-wide by 40-ft-long FastFloor module, that had previously