News tagged with seismic retrofitting
New design keeps buildings standing and habitable after major earthquakes (w/ Video)
A new earthquake-resistant structural system for buildings, just successfully tested in Japan, will not only help a multi-story building hold itself together during a violent earthquake, but also return it ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Engineers put five-story building on seismic shake table to test for earthquake, fire readiness
What happens when you put a fully equipped five-story building, which includes an intensive care unit, a surgery suite, piping and air conditioning, fire barriers and even a working elevator, through series ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Aftershocks of Japan disaster being felt in US earthquake planning
The repercussions of last year’s subduction zone earthquake and tsunami in Japan are now being felt in the Pacific Northwest, as experts and disaster managers better understand the enormous risks facing ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Model analyzes shape-memory alloys for use in earthquake-resistant structures
Recent earthquake damage has exposed the vulnerability of existing structures to strong ground movement. At the Georgia Institute of Technology, researchers are analyzing shape-memory alloys for their potential ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Should we better prepare for earthquakes?
University of Adelaide researchers are leading an international project to help identify buildings most vulnerable to earthquakes and the best ways to strengthen them.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Stanford team shows Peruvian villagers how to protect adobe buildings from earthquake collapse
High on a mountainside in the Peruvian Andes – 9,000 feet above sea level – sits a modest adobe schoolhouse that is a lot safer for students and teachers than it was six months ago, thanks in part ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Trial opens against scientists for Italy quake
Seven scientists and other experts went on trial on manslaughter charges Tuesday for allegedly failing to sufficiently warn residents before a devastating earthquake that killed more than 300 people in central ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Engineering professor develops 'superlaminate' industrial pipe repair system
A University of Arizona engineering professor may have a solution to a U.S. infrastructure problem that's growing deadlier each year.
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Report cites 'liquefaction' as key to much of Japanese earthquake damage
(PhysOrg.com) -- The massive subduction zone earthquake in Japan caused a significant level of soil "liquefaction" that has surprised researchers with its widespread severity, a new analysis shows.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2011 |
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US earthquake resilience needs strengthening, says new report
A new National Research Council report presents a 20-year road map for increasing U.S. resilience to earthquakes, including a major earthquake that could strike a highly populated area. The report was mostly written prior ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Protecting lives, buildings from earthquakes
Several major earthquake events around the world over the last few years have led to significant damage and loss of lives. Many of these quakes caused buildings to collapse related to the construction quality ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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