Steel pallet racking industry has globally used from the industrial revolution and has deeply
evolved from hot-rolled profile into cold-formed profile to raise the optimization in …

Past Italian earthquakes revealed the high seismic vulnerability of steel pallet racks
designed for gravity loads only, which are still the most widespread industrial storage …

Purpose Brief introduction on the importance and the need for plastic analysis methods were
presented in the beginning section of this review. The plastic method for analysis was …

This paper presents numerical pushover analyses on multiple bay pallet racks, aiming to
quantify variations in global ductility when using different beam-to-upright connections. The …

In lateral force resisting systems, fuses enable expedient repair while ensuring ductile
system response. A bracing system is explored herein, in which hollow rectangular sections …

In the capacity design method, earthquake resistant structures should have the ability to
dissipate energy in plastic mechanisms through dissipative zones, which are expected to …

Abstract Modal Pushover Analysis has been proposed to account for the higher modes
contribution in seismic analysis of slender structures, such as unbraced racks in the down …

Experimental tests on rack joints have shown that the cyclic response of beam-to-column
joints, which in steel storage pallet racks is usually affected by pronounced pinching, could …

Steel storage racks are structures commonly used by all industries in Chile; nevertheless,
due the seismic hazard in the country and its configurations, these structures are highly …

Steel bracing systems are usually introduced to assure the structural stability and seismic
resistance of steel storage pallet racks, whose height over the last years has increased more …