The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's College of Engineering tested a full-scale steel beam against simulated earthquake ...
If you’ve ever seen footage of enormous buildings swaying uncontrollably during an earthquake or actually felt the Earth opening under your feet, you would know just how terrifying an earthquake can ...
Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. Gov. Kotek’s order to earthquake-proof state buildings comes as the state Capitol nears the end of a years-long, $598 million seismic ...
SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — As any good structural engineer knows, materials matter. Saturday at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park, it was masking tape and hot glue. Ten teams from five elementary ...
A US company has engineered a new type of wood that it says has up to 10 times the strength-to-weight ratio of steel, while ...
Structural integrity is an important part of resilience, but not the only one. Buildings can resist ground shaking with no ...
A realtor of one of the country’s largest real estate brands has urged property developers to construct buildings that can withstand powerful earthquakes, saying stronger structures are the best way ...
The magnitude-7.5 earthquake and its aftershocks devastated parts of Ishikawa prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast - Copyright AFP Toshifumi KITAMURA The magnitude-7. ...