Simpson Strong-Tie Supports Final Phase of CFS-NEES Project
Simpson Strong-Tie donated product and provided technical expertise for the CFS-NEES project, a series of earthquake tests for cold-formed steel-framed buildings. As part of the final phase of a three-year, National Science Foundation-funded research project led by Johns Hopkins University, the purpose of the tests is to better understand the overall system performance of cold-formed steel-framed buildings and to develop performance-based design methodology for seismic resistance.
Using the shake table at the University of Buffalo's Earthquake Engineering Research Center, a two-story cold-formed steel building structure was subjected to simulated earthquakes that ranged in magnitude of 44% to 100% of the 6.7-magnitude Northridge, California, earthquake.
Project Team Leader Benjamin Schafer, Ph.D., P.E., of the Department of Civil Engineering at Johns Hopkins University said, "This project has already resulted in several innovations that will immediately impact seismic cold-formed steel design standards, making buildings safer." For more information about the project, visit the project website or blog.
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