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 ...
The FINANCIAL — Devastating earthquakes are a global phenomenon, as anyone in Nepal, Japan, or Indonesia can tell you. The consequences can be crushing: human lives are lost and confusion in everyday ...
On Friday, James R. Harris — president of J.R. Harris and Company — gave a lecture in Sinclair Auditorium as part of the Fazlur R. Khan Distinguished Lecture Series. Harris addressed the community ...
Research shows ECC shells can transform RC beam-column joints, enhancing load capacity and energy dissipation, crucial for ...
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A new study by Northwestern University researchers and coworkers explains a puzzling problem with maps of future earthquake shaking used to design earthquake-resistant buildings. Although ...
Even though the $11 million lab is brand new, word of the facility has circulated within the academic community. Purdue has been using it to attract top engineers – including the lab's new director – ...
For centuries, communities across South America, Africa and Asia have used bamboo as a core building material, yet its structural value has only recently gained widespread recognition. The 2016 ...
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. ...