Reports and Research Briefs: Recent submissions
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Research Brief: A Resilience Assessment of Structures Using Molecular Dynamics
(2018-06)Between 1993-ˇ2012, more than 75% of catastrophic losses in the United States were caused by windstorms (1). The Congressional Budget Office estimated an average annual damage amounting to $28 billion (0.16 percent of GDP), ... -
Research Brief: Implications of energy code evolution on energy performance of multi-family residential buildings in the US
(2018-03)The International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), which is created by the International Code Council (ICC), standardizes expectations for the design and construction of buildings with regards to energy use and conservation ... -
Research Brief: Generating Component-level Building-specific Fragility Curves
(2020-11)One of the most essential tools for representing the vulnerability of a structure is the fragility curve. By capturing the probability of damage at a given load level, fragility curves provide a way to express how a ...
