Author: Ben Schafer

As part of the SDII effort full-scale diaphragm testing is being conducted at the STReSS Laboratory at Northeastern University to

SDII released version 2.0 of its steel building archetypes: download here. Building archetypes are fundamental to exploring and demonstrating the seismic behavior

As part of the Steel Diaphragm Innovation Initiative, eight cantilever diaphragm tests are being conducted at Virginia Tech. So far,

SDII’s experimental push-out tests, monotonic and cyclic, to be conducted at Northeastern’s STReSS Laboratory have been completed. The data collected

The standing seam roof (SSR) system is the most commonly used roof system for metal buildings due to its superior

Work on topology optimized floor diaphragms for maximum in-plane stiffness was presented at Nordic Steel 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark and

For buildings designed to current U.S. standards, in seismic events, do structural engineers expect damage in building diaphragms, or not?

SDII investigator Ben Schafer released a report: “Research on the Seismic Performance of Rigid Wall Flexible Diaphragm Buildings with Bare

The SDII team released a report: “Development of Steel Deck Diaphragm Seismic Design Provisions for ASCE 41/AISC 342” in the

The SDII Workshop will be held on January 10, 2019 at Hilton San Francisco Airport Bayfront, 600 Airport Blvd, Burlingame, CA