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Mechanical Performance - Extreme Conditions
Last Updated Date: 03/13/2013 This project provides property data, metrology, and standard test methods for materials systems under extreme conditions for areas critical to US … more
Earthquake Risk Reduction in Buildings and Infrastructure Program
Last Updated Date: 01/09/2013 The objective of the Earthquake Risk Reduction in Buildings and Infrastructure Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science … more
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Coordination Project
Last Updated Date: 01/09/2013 NIST is designated by Congress as the Lead Agency for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). This NIST project supports … more
Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE) for New Buildings Project
Last Updated Date: 01/09/2013 Structural collapse demand and capacity are not clearly defined or directly simulated in current Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE) … more
Fire Risk Reduction in Communities Program
Last Updated Date: 01/09/2013 The objective of the Fire Risk Reduction in Communities Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science to improve the resilience … more
Lateral Force-Resisting Structural Elements and Systems Project
Last Updated Date: 01/09/2013 This project supports the refinement by 2015 of key seismic provisions in U.S. model building codes and standards that are used for modeling and … more
Seismic Analysis and Design Procedures in Existing Standards Project
Last Updated Date: 01/09/2013 This project provides proposed refinement of key prescriptive seismic provisions in U.S. model building codes and standards concerning: … more
TechBrief Guidance for Evaluated Technologies Project
Last Updated Date: 01/09/2013 To develop a TechBrief (a topical, tightly written, and well-illustrated discussion of a practical problem faced by engineering design and … more
Assessment of Design Methods in Existing PBSD Standards Project
Last Updated Date: 01/09/2013 The project involves critical problem-focused studies in Performance Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE) concerning the applicability and accuracy of … more
Structural Performance Under Multi-Hazards Program
Last Updated Date: 01/03/2013 The objective of the Structural Performance Under Multi-Hazards Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science to enhance the … more
Fire Risk Reduction in Buildings Program
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 The objective of the Fire Risk Reduction in Buildings Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science to increase the safety of … more
Safety of Building Occupants Projects
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 NIST will develop best practices, guidance, and pre-standards for the design and performance prediction of building and community emergency … more
National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 NIST is designated by Congress as one of four agencies comprising the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program [1] or NWIRP (other agencies are … more
Measures of Building Resilience and Structural Robustness Project
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 Disaster resilience of a building or a community is the capability to quickly restore full functionality following an extreme event. … more
Fire Resistance Design and Retrofit of Structures Project
Last Updated Date: 01/02/2013 This project will develop and implement tools, methodology, guidance, and pre-standards for designing and evaluating structures for fire … more |
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