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Earthquake-resistant or aseismic structures are designed to protect buildings to some or greater extent from earthquakes. While no structure can be entirely impervious to earthquake damage, the goal of earthquake engineering is to erect structures that fare better during seismic activity than their conventional counterparts.
The twin towers that were part of the original World Trade Center in New York City, New York until 2001 are also very iconic, although infamous due to the September 11 attacks. Twin towers also recur in Chinese construction, where, while the structures still representing a relative rarity, architects and engineers have developed novel ...
The shinbashira (心柱, also 真柱 or 刹/擦 satsu) [1] is a central pillar at the core of a pagoda or similar structure. The shinbashira has long been thought [2] to be the key to the Japanese pagoda's notable earthquake resistance, when newer concrete buildings may collapse.
Taiwan was struck Wednesday by its most powerful earthquake in a quarter of a century. At least nine people were killed and hundreds injured, buildings and highways damaged and dozens of workers ...
Earthquake engineering is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that designs and analyzes structures, such as buildings and bridges, with earthquakes in mind. Its overall goal is to make such structures more resistant to earthquakes.
One of the early examples of the earthquake design strategy is the one given by Dr. J.A. Calantariens in 1909. It was proposed that the building can be built on a layer of fine sand, mica or talc that would allow the building to slide in an earthquake, thereby reducing the forces transmitted to building.
When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's scenic and largely rural east coast county of Hualien on Wednesday, local official Chang Tung-yao knew exactly what to do, having experienced a similar ...
Earthquake experts debunk myths like, doorways are the safest place, California will fall into the ocean, we're overdue for the "big one," and more.