Testing of full-scale brace assemblies featuring Cast ConneX High-Strength Connectors™ was carried out at the structures laboratories at the University of Toronto and École Polytechnique de Montréal. This video shows just one of the tests performed in the 2,700 kip (12,000 kN) testing frame at École Polytechnique de Montréal.

The test shown above follows the symmetrical testing protocol outlined in Appendix T of the AISC Seismic Provisions. As testing was quasi-static, the video has been sped up 50 times.

A thorough summary of the testing carried out at the University of Toronto is described in the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 134(3), 374-383. A paper on the full-scale testing carried out at École Polytechnique de Montréal was presented at the 14th World Conference of Earthquake Engineering. A more detailed report on the testing has also been published jointly by École Polytechnique de Montréal and the University of Toronto.