Seismic isolation and damping systems have been widely adopted since the 1980s as effective and economical measures for protecting civil structures, ...
The U.S. Resiliency Council (USRC) has unveiled the USRC Earthquake Building Rating System. This first-of-its-kind performance rating is based on decades of earthquake engineering research and ...
Tara Hutchinson, a professor in the UC San Diego Department of Structural Engineering, is the lead researcher on a series of tests on a 10-story, cold-formed steel-framed building at the UC San Diego ...
The earthquake that hit Eastern Shimane was a stark reminder of the unpredictable nature of seismic activity. With its epicenter in a region known for occasional tremors, this incident has prompted ...
Decades of learning from disasters, tightening building codes and increasing public awareness may have helped its people better weather strong quakes. Decades of learning from disasters, tightening ...
More than 13 years after the earthquake that devastated the city of Christchurch, the professional body Engineering New Zealand (formerly IPENZ) has upheld a complaint against Dr Alan Reay, whose ...
Bangkok Earthquake Today: An under construction 33-story high-rise building in Thailand's Bangkok collapsed on Friday during the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar. Thailand's Deputy ...