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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.
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Steel structures are considered mostly earthquake resistant but some failures have occurred. A great number of welded steel moment-resisting frame buildings, which looked earthquake-proof, surprisingly experienced brittle behavior and were hazardously damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. [59]
In contemporary architecture, structurally connected twin towers with unequal heights have found particular favor among architects for their earthquake-resistant properties, due to such couplings yielding two differing vibration frequencies, enabling the twinned towers to support their counterparts at their more vulnerable frequencies. [5]
The list includes the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, the center of Los Angeles County government. Full list of L.A. County-owned buildings facing potential earthquake risk Skip to main content
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.
The rigidity of its marble structure combined with soft soil below helps the Leaning Tower of Pisa withstand seismic waves, according to new research funded by Opera della Primaziale Pisana.
The Times has obtained a list of soft-story buildings requiring a seismic retrofit in Beverly Hills. 42 buildings in Beverly Hills aren't seismically retrofitted. Is yours at risk in an earthquake?