SAC Training Presentations

The SAC CD01-02, SAC Steel Project, Regional Training Seminar, is a four-disk USB set contains video presentations (with visual aids) of the SAC Phase II Training Seminar conducted in Los Angeles, California on September 22-23, 2000, in RealMedia» format. Lecture topics include:

1. What happened during the Northridge earthquake and why,
2. Expected demands on steel moment-frame buildings,
3. Parameters contributing to the performance of improved connections,
4. Pre-qualified connections,
5. Reliability of welded steel moment-frame buildings,
6. Design guidelines for the design of new welded steel moment-frame buildings,
7. Construction specifications,
8. Evaluation of the probability of failure,
9. Guidelines for the evaluation and upgrade of existing welded steel moment-frame buildings, and
10. The evaluation and repair of damaged welded steel moment-frame buildings.

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