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SEAOC Offers Webinar Series on NHERI TallWood Test
SEAOC is pleased to offer a six-part webinar series on the testing of a full-scale10-story mass timber structure last year at UC San Diego as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded NHERI TallWood Project.
Webinars begin April 24 with an overview of the project by Drs. Shiling Pei and John van de Zindt of Colorado State University. Five ensuing sessions cover the findings and analyses from the more than 80 earthquake tests conducted in 2023.
The research team and their industry collaborators designed and constructed the building with goal of achieving resilient performance, which requires the building to be damage-free under design level hazard and quickly repairable for MCE events. The structural system of the building remained fully functional after the run of tests. with only repairable damage to non-structural finishes and stair handrails. This seminar series will reveal key innovations and details utilized in the NHERI TallWood building that made this resilient performance possible.
Background and major findings from the test program will be discussed first, followed by detailed presentations on the modeling and design methods for the mass timber rocking wall lateral system. Performance and design of the low-damage non-structural façade system and stair system will be presented, as well as a family of drift-compatible gravity connection system that hold the building up and plumb after repetitive earthquake attacks.
You can still purchase the full series and get the recordings from the first three webinars.
SERIES SCHEDULE
April 24
12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
NHERI TallWood Project: Overview and Major Findings
Dr. Shiling Pei, Colorado School of Mines and John van de Lindt, Colorado State University
May 1
12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Non-Linear Analysis and Design of the 10-Story Rocking Wall Systems and Comparison with Experimental Results
Jeff Berman, University of Washington
May 8
12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Design and Codification of Post-Tensioned Mass Timber Rocking Walls
Reid Zimmerman, KPFF
May 22
12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Gravity Systems, Connections, Ancillary Supporting Tests at SST Lab
Steve Pryor, Simpson Strong-Tie
May 29
12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.s
Performance of Nonstructural Walls Detailed for Drift Compatibility
Keri Ryan, University of Nevada Reno
June 5
12 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Performance of Full-Scale Resilient Stair Tower
Tara C. Hutchinson
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