Keywords: Retrofitting. Braced steel truss bridge piers. Eccentrically braced frames. Self-stabilizing tubular links. Seismic load resisting systems. Finite element (FE) analyses. Parametric studies.

Many renovated buildings replace wood and masonry structural elements with steel. The replacement of heavy wooden roof and floor joists with the lighter steel open-web bar-truss joists is a common ...

Keywords: Retrofitting. Braced steel bridge piers. Proof-of-concept testing. Eccentrically braced frames. Tubular links. Construction. Seismic design. Vulnerability ...

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. RS declared that it has completed the acquisition of Tubular Steel, Inc. − a distributor and processor of carbon, alloy and stainless steel pipe, tubing and bar products.

Awareness about sustainability and policies designed to ensure environmental consciousness has led many companies to put these factors at the forefront of their operations. This includes the ...

Early in 2002, Craig McNay was having lunch with his old friend Bill Gerdes, a steel fabricator from Quincy, Ill., when he mentioned that he was serving as the owner's rep for a Miglin Properties ...

Fagus Factory Glass Corner. Image © Carsten Janssen via Wikipedia under license CC BY-SA 4.0 The corner mullion played a crucial role in resolving glass thickness at ...