The next step is bringing the innovation to commercialization. Engineers develop unbelievable new method for making ...

The object of the book is to provide design procedure and data for buildings which are to be erected on ground subjected ... Dynamics of Earthquake Resistant Structures. By Jacob J. Creskoff. Pp ...

Earthquake resistant architecture: Designing safe and resilient structures July 5, 2023, 11:54 AM IST Sneha Gurjar in Voices , Lifestyle , TOI Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email ...

Architects, engineers and urban planners have long sought to disaster-proof Japan’s buildings through ancient wisdom, modern innovation and ever-evolving regulations.

How engineering can improve the chances of survival from an earthquake. Awareness of the hazards caused by earthquakes is probably higher in California than anywhere else in the world. Many ...

Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil failure due to earthquakes. Seismic retrofit techniques will ...

Investigators have found that a product called cellular concrete may be an environmentally friendly alternative to ...

Researchers in the Netherlands have created mechanical structures that strangely shrink – or more precisely, snap inward – instead of stretching outward when pulled.

Much of earthquake-resistant modern Japanese architecture seen today is inspired by their vernacular structures and building techniques, which have translated successfully with the use of ...

In the aftermath of the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, collapsed buildings blocked rescue efforts and disrupted supply transport. Three decades later, the need for earthquake ...

Architects, engineers and urban planners have long sought to disaster-proof Japan’s buildings through ancient wisdom, modern innovation and ever-evolving regulations.