No topic receives more attention in Bulletin 30 than . The bulletin provides over 40 detailed connection schematics, including:
The 1994 Northridge earthquake and the 1995 Kobe earthquake changed this perspective. Many precast parking structures and industrial buildings performed unexpectedly well, while some cast-in-place structures suffered brittle failures. This paradox triggered a wave of research, most notably the PRESSS (Precast Seismic Structural Systems) program in the United States and parallel efforts in Europe and Japan. fib bulletin 30
Bulletin 30 warns that these values are provisional and should be validated by testing—a surprisingly honest admission for a technical report. No topic receives more attention in Bulletin 30 than
Bulletin 30 covers three wall configurations: fib bulletin 30