Score another small victory for more-constructible high-rises, especially in seismic zones. Results of recent load tests on a "sandwich" shear-wall assembly, designed to simplify and speed ...

Keywords: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW). Seismic performance. Vertical boundary elements (VBE). Analytical models. Horizontal boundary elements (HBE). Plastic mechanism. Earthquake-resistant designs.

Then shopping for a hydraulic ferrous shear, one helpful technique is to take a look at the basic components common to all systems. When purchasing or replacing a hydraulic shear, the scrap processor ...

Shear/balers are highly sophisticated pieces of equipment made up of several mechanical systems and a number of components with narrow operating specifications. While these machines look robust and ...