Owners, designers and contractors are always looking for ways to build smarter and better. A new method for strengthening concrete shear walls has the potential not only to remove significant ...

Keywords: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW). Retrofitting. Seismic designs. Existing structures. Lateral force resisting systems. Moment strengths. Anchor beams. Multistory structures. Energy dissipation ...

Score another small victory for more-constructible high-rises, especially in seismic zones. Results of recent load tests on a "sandwich" shear-wall assembly, designed to simplify and speed ...

Keywords: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW). Retrofit. Light-guage steel plates. Energy dissipation. Abstract: This report presents experimental investigations into the seismic adequacy of steel plate ...

Indeco North America (INA), a Milford, Connecticut-based company that provides heavy-duty hydraulic breakers, compactors, crushers and pedestal booms for demolition, mining, recycling and road ...

As the name implies, the Short Beam Shear test subjects a beam to bending, just as flexural testing methods do, but the beam is very short relative to its thickness. For example, ASTM D 2344 1 ...

This video showcases the restoration of a Ficep metal shear, an Italian brand renowned for its shears and punching machines since 1930. Index of operation and materials: - 0:58 Electrolysis in water ...

Pacific Steel and Recycling has begun a multimillion-dollar upgrade of its facility in Pocatello, Idaho. The company says the upgrade will allow the company to process more scrap metal and extend ...