Bolivian Team Turns Hammer Blows into Earthquake Safety Maps for Cochabamba
Researchers at Universidad Mayor de San Simón have developed a locally calibrated equation linking Standard Penetration Test blow counts to ...
Tag: Earthquake engineering
Inca Masonry Secrets Revealed as Coricancha Wall Replicas Collapse on Cue in Lab Tests
Engineers built 1:2-scale replicas of the Coricancha temple's dry-jointed Inca stonework and showed that rigid-body numerical models can accurately predict ...
Lightweight Infill Walls Reshape How Concrete Frames Survive Earthquakes
New laboratory tests reveal that lightweight ceramsite aerated concrete block infill walls dramatically alter the stiffness, ductility, and failure modes ...
Machine Learning Rewrites the Rules for Judging How Buildings Survive Earthquakes
Researchers have developed a machine learning framework that uses an experimental database of 236 cyclically tested beam-column connections to identify ...
New dual-parameter index quantifies how close ancient masonry pagodas are to collapse
Researchers have developed a dual-parameter damage index based on area loss and residual height that quantifies seismic collapse severity in ...
How Earthquake Waves Lose Sync: New Study Tests Coherency Models for Big Structures
A new study in the Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering shows that the choice of spatial coherency model strongly influences soil-structure ...
Ancient Chinese Timber Tower Shakes On, Revealing Secrets of Earthquake Survival
A 1/4.5-scale shaking table model of China's Guangyue Tower shows that loose joints and flexible column feet, not rigidity, give ...
New Model Captures the Deadly Velocity Pulses That Shake Cities Near Faults
Researchers have developed an empirical model that predicts the destructive velocity pulses of near-fault ground motion from earthquake magnitude, distance, ...
AI Strips Earthquake Risk Prediction Down to a Handful of Vital Clues
Researchers at Erciyes University show that interpretable machine learning with a reduced set of critical building parameters can predict the ...
AI Learns the Physics of Earthquakes: Neural Network Predicts How Buildings Absorb Seismic Energy
Researchers have developed a physics-guided neural network that embeds energy conservation and error correction into deep learning to predict seismic ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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