Prefabricated modular housing structures have become a promising alternative to site-built structures with equal or higher engineering quality and durability. Major advantages of this technology are fast and cost-efficient construction, reduced labor requirements, and superior quality control due to factory production. The modular design of these prefabricated structures offers the opportunity ...

In this paper, the authors summarize the results of a parametric study devoted to evaluate the seismic behavior of low to medium rise regular special moment-resisting steel frames with hysteretic energy dissipation devices mounted on chevron steel bracing. For that purpose, 270 different building models were designed considering typical story heights and bay widths used in Mexican practice. The...

A special instrument has been built to measure the coercivity directly on steel sheets without having to cut samples. It will be used to perform the 8000 coercivity measurements which will be needed during the production of the ll'OOO ton of steel sheets for the LEP dipole magnets. The coercimeter allows local and directional coercivity measurements to be made on a steel sheet with an accuracy ...