Structural engineering

News and Updates

An elongated test instrument with steel cylinders that rapidly heats and applies force to a material.

Spotlight: Test Instrument Puts Materials Under Forces at High Speeds to Mimic Many Instantaneous Situations in the Real World

March 16, 2024

This elongated test instrument, the first of its kind in the world, puts materials under two extreme conditions in fractions of seconds.

Two men stand a table in a warehouse space, looking at a broken piece of concrete that one is holding.

NIST to Provide Public Update on Hurricane Maria and Champlain Towers South Investigations During Advisory Committee Meeting March 6-7, 2024

March 4, 2024

The meeting will be livestreamed each day.

A slab of concrete with ragged edges sits on a warehouse floor as researchers use equipment to extract core samples.

NIST Provides Update on Investigation Into the Collapse of Champlain Towers South

September 7, 2023

Preliminary evaluations show additional deviations from design in pool deck construction, no underground voids.

Projects and Programs

Building-Level Seismic Performance Assessment

Ongoing

This project focuses on two research tasks promoting enhanced seismic building performance. Research Task 1 investigates the use of low-damage rocking systems

Worker looks over the disaster site at New York City's World Trade Center

Structural Performance for Multi-hazards Program

Ongoing

This program addresses the gap between basic research and building codes, standards, and practice through measurement science research to: (1) predict

A stainless steel micro tensile specimen in a silicon frame.

Microsystems for Harsh Environment Testing

Completed

Our goal is to develop and demonstrate a MEMS-based methodology for evaluating time-dependent mechanical properties of materials that undergo exposure to

Charpy Machine Verification Program

Ongoing

CERTIFIED LOW- AND HIGH-ENERGY CHARPY SPECIMENS AVAILABLE FOR TESTING AT 21 °C (70 °F) SRM 2092 AND 2096 (LOW-ENERGY AND HIGH-ENERGY, -40 °C) HAVE BEEN

Publications

A Practical Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for Structural Engineering: Simulation of Approach Flow with Reduced Blockage Ratios

November 2, 2023

Author(s)

Yunjae Hwang, DongHun Yeo

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations for structural wind engineering applications require a fully developed boundary layer approach flow with

Multidisciplinary Research to Advance the Development of Functional Recovery for Community Resilience

July 27, 2023

Author(s)

Juan Fung, Yating Zhang, Dustin Cook, Siamak Sattar, Katherine Johnson

This article reviews current research and development efforts to advance the science supporting post-earthquake recovery-based performance objectives for

Sensitivity Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures: A Review

July 25, 2023

Author(s)

Mohammadamin Hariri Ardebili, Siamak Sattar

Retrofit and Repair of Reinforced Concrete Walls With FRP: A Review of Experimental Investigations

July 13, 2023

Author(s)

Jazalyn Dukes, Siamak Sattar

Retrofit and repair of structures occur under differing circumstances but are both necessary to improve existing building stock and increase resilience of