The American Iron and Steel Institute, Washington, D.C., has published an update to S110-07-S1-09, the “Standard for Seismic Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Systems—Special Bolted Moment Frames with Supplement No. 1.” The standard addresses the design and construction of cold-formed steel seismic force-resisting systems (SFRS) in buildings and other structures, with focus on the special bolted moment frame (CFS-SBMF) system. The publication is available for purchase online at AISI’s Publications Bookstore at www.steel.org.
Seismic design standard update published
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