News tagged with concrete structure

Smart bridges: Engineers load new bridge with damage-detection gauges

The new bridge over the Iowa River near downtown Iowa Falls is a major upgrade over the 1928 concrete arch structure it replaced last fall, once the longest arch span bridge in the state.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Long carbon fibers could improve blast resistance of concrete structures

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Jeffery Volz, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, and his team have received $567,000 to explore ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Retrofitted Historic Building Survives Strong Simulated Jolts During UCSD Test (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a series of rigorous simulated earthquakes - measuring up to a 7.5 magnitude - jolted the three-story, 1920s era reinforced concrete structure, UC San Diego engineers were not quite sure ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One-story masonry building survives strong jolts during seismic tests (w/Video)

A one-story masonry structure survived two days of intense earthquake jolts after engineering researchers at the University of California, San Diego put it to the test. The series of tests, performed at UC ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A full-sized California-style home made of bamboo

A new type of eco-friendly residential house made of bamboo now stands in Changsha, Hunan Province, China.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Earthquake engineering research aims to save lives, billions of dollars

The 6.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the Los Angeles community of Northridge at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, killed 57 people, injured more than 5,000, and caused an estimated $20 billion in damage, making it the costliest ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0