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SDII researchers, led by Ph.D. candidate Raul Avellaneda-Ramirez and recent Ph.D. graduate Dr. Hamid Foroughi, developed two new SDII research

The newly available National Hazard Earthquake Reduction Program (NEHRP) Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures: FEMA P-2082-1

SDII student researchers recently took home two prizes at the Cold-Formed Steel Research Consortium Colloquium. Astrid W. Fischer, Graduate Candidate,

SDII researchers, led by Gengrui Wei and Matt Eatherton at Virginia Tech today released a report on the three-dimensional seismic

The final report on recent standing seam roof stiffness and strength testing is complete and is now available at the

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