Using PBSFD, engineers can predict the behavior of a frame in fire, such as vertical displacement of floor beams over time. Graphic courtesy of SEI/ASCE, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (2019) and SAFIR ...

The International Code Council has approved—as expected—the updated structural building-design standard, written by the American Society of Civil Engineers Structural Engineering Institute, for ...

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Negar Elhami-Khorasani is an expert in fire and multi-hazard engineering (for example, in the context of post-earthquake fires). A primary goal of her research is to measure and improve resilience of ...

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