News tagged with steel frame structure

Draft NIST report on Cowboys facility collapse released for comment

A fabric-covered, steel frame practice facility owned by the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys collapsed under wind loads significantly less than those required under applicable design standards, according ...

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Neutron scattering charts moves of memory-shape alloys that change structure in response to environmental cues

(Phys.org) -- Shape-memory alloys (SMAs) are an engineer's dream, able to shape-shift spontaneously to accommodate changing operating conditions. A research team from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

From opening thunder to closing whimper

Thanks to lightning-fast software from the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), if a truck bomb was discovered in Lower Manhattan we will now be able to predict the ...

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created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Assembly stand completed for James Webb Telescope flight optics

(PhysOrg.com) -- The cleanroom at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. has received a giant structural steel frame that will be used to assemble the mirrors and instruments of the James Webb ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

GPM satellite takes a spin on the high capacity centrifuge

In the clean room at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Md., the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's Core satellite is steadily taking shape. Set to measure rainfall worldwide after ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bang & Olufsen unleashes huge plasma TV with huger price: $85,000

How can a home television set cost $85,000? It's big. Bang & Olufsen's new BeoVision 4-85 plasma TV has an 85-inch screen, measured diagonally, which conveniently comes out to $1,000 an inch.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 8

Engineers simulate large quake on curved bridge (w/ video)

Six full-size pickup trucks took a wild ride on a 16-foot-high steel bridge when it shook violently in a series of never-before-conducted experiments to investigate the seismic behavior of a curved bridge ...

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created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New 'core wall' may speed skyscraper construction

Researchers are perfecting a new technique that could speed construction of skyscrapers while also providing enough stiffness and strength to withstand earthquakes and forces from high winds.

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created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Double jeopardy: Building codes may underestimate risks due to multiple hazards

As large parts of the nation recover from nature's one-two punch—an earthquake followed by Hurricane Irene—building researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology warn that a ...

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created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Structures on storm's edge could benefit greatly from improved engineering

In the wake of the horrendous tornadoes that delivered massive destruction to the state in April, University of Alabama engineers have analyzed building structures and design codes to recommend an approach ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists to shake 5-story building in Japan

Landmark earthquake engineering tests this summer in Japan by the University of Nevada, Reno could open the door for earthquake-proofing technology applied to hospitals, nuclear power plants and emergency-response facilities ...

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created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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