Hi Steve
Yes, I am back, and for now, in private practice. In regard to "super shear" I am not familiar with the terminology. However, There is major work being done by the ground motion subcommittees of the NEHRP and ASCE that my end up with a substantially different way of assessing that aspect of seismic design from what we are doing now. However, I don't believe that is going to be included in the 2010 version of ASCE.
Ben Yousefi, SE, CBO
Los Angeles, CA
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