To make sure buildings and infrastructure are increasingly earthquake-safe, engineers must understand how seismic activity affects different structures. A new era in large-scale earthquake engineering ...
SEATTLE — University of Washington researchers are in San Diego conducting earthquake tests with the tallest building ever on a shake table. This project pushes for widespread use of laminated wood in ...
The structural safety of the buildings we live and work in is not something that many of us think about. In the event of an earthquake, how protected are you, your family, and your belongings from the ...
FAYETTEVILLE -- The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's College of Engineering tested a full-scale steel beam against simulated earthquake forces Wednesday, an experiment that can influence design ...
Keywords: Earthquake engineering, seismic isolation, soil-structure-interaction, advanced nuclear reactors, surface free-field motions Abstract: Soil-structure-interaction (SSI) analysis is mandated ...
Over the past two decades, Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes—first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind widespread destruction: buildings reduced to ...
Imagine a scenario where the Pacific Northwest gets pummeled by a magnitude nine earthquake, only to have California's most ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." An earthquake in central Myanmar unearthed an ancient structure that may be part of a royal “water palace ...
A new three-dimensional model of the fault beneath the Marmara Sea in Türkiye reveals where a future major earthquake could ...
The fault beneath Istanbul doesn't behave the way scientists once thought.