CFSRC researchers Zhidong Zhang, Mohammed Eladly, and Ben Schafer working on the CFS-NHERI project and Colin Rogers from McGill University
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Simpler method for predicting CFS seismic deflections validated
CFSRC researchers Mohammed Eladly and Ben Schafer working on the CFS-NHERI project investigated the seismic deflection amplification factor (Cd) for
Visualizations for forthcoming 10-story test released
The 10-story slice of the CFS-NHERI building will be tested in Spring 2024. The team recently completed Autocad and Revit
CFS-NHERI 10-story Archetype Building Details
The archetype mid-rise CFS building developed in Torabian et al. (2016) is the basis for the 10-story CFS-NHERI archetype building.
Cyclic wall-line tests provide new insights on interactions
In the first phase of CFS-NHERI wall-line testing, cold-formed steel (CFS)-framed wall-line assemblies (shear walls in-line with gravity walls) were
Cyclic Connection Tests for Steel Sheet Sheathed Shear Walls
CFSRC researchers Zhidong Zhang and Ben Schafer working on the CFS-NHERI project released a test report today investigating the fastener-level
Shake Table Tests of Steel Sheet Sheathed Shear Walls
Buildings framed with cold-formed steel (CFS) members offer several benefits such as low installation and maintenance costs, high durability and
Modeling Ledger Framing
Recently experimental work on joist-to-ledger connections (Ayhan and Schafer 2019) have demonstrated a complex behavior involving limit states such as
Modeling Sheathed Shear WAlls
Cold-formed steel (CFS) can be used for both structural and non-structural building systems, including as the designated lateral force resisting
Profile: CFS-NHERI Researcher
Meet one of the CFS-NHERI student researchers: My name is Zhidong Zhang, a third year PhD student in the Thin-walled