BFRL ICON Status of the U.S. Precast Seismic Structural Systems (PRESSS) Program.


pdf icon Status of the U.S. Precast Seismic Structural Systems (PRESSS) Program. (222 K)
Priestley, M. J. N.; Lew, H. S.

NIST SP 871; September 1994.

U.S./Japan Natural Resources Development Program (UJNR). Wind and Seismic Effects. Joint Meeting of the U.S./Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects, 26th. May 17-20, 1994, Gaithersburg, MD, Raufaste, N. J., Jr., Editor(s), 365-368 pp, 1994.

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Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20401-0003.
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Order number: SN003-003-03297-2

Keywords:

structures; concretes; earthquakes; precast; buildings; PRESSS; seismic; structures; structural systems

Abstract:

The paper provides a brief overview of the recently completed Phase I U.S. PRESSS program, and the current Phase II program, which emphasizes theoretical and experimental studies of ductile connection systems for precast frame and panel structures.



Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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