New Deformation-Based Rule Lets Masonry Buildings Share Seismic Loads Safely
Researchers at the University of Pavia and EUCENTRE have developed a deformation-based criterion, validated by over a thousand nonlinear dynamic ...
Tag: Earthquake engineering
Hybrid Energy Dissipation System Shields Bridges Built Across Active Faults
Researchers have developed a hybrid system combining rocking self-centering piers and shape memory alloy-enhanced friction pendulum bearings that significantly reduces ...
Simple Algorithms Outsmart Heavyweights in Earthquake-Resistant Roof Design
A new study shows that simple Rao optimization algorithms match established methods in designing seismically isolated steel space truss roofs ...
Mapping the Shaking: How Coimbatore’s Soils Could Amplify the Next Earthquake
A new site-response study maps how Coimbatore's soils would amplify earthquake shaking, identifying central and western neighborhoods at greatest risk ...
AI Framework Predicts Earthquake Soil Liquefaction With Unprecedented Accuracy
A new hybrid extreme learning machine framework predicts seismic soil liquefaction with near-perfect accuracy while using explainable AI to reveal ...
Fault Movements Turn Corroded Pipelines Into Hidden Time Bombs, Experiments Show
New experiments and finite element simulations reveal how corrosion defects interact with oblique-slip fault rupture to shift and nearly double ...
New Equations Design Earthquake-Resistant Columns for Ductility and Shear at Once
Researchers have developed closed-form analytical equations that simultaneously design the transverse reinforcement of reinforced concrete columns for both curvature ductility ...
Scouring Floods and Earthquakes Combine to Lift Bridge Foundations, Study Warns
A new probabilistic study shows that flood scour can leave bridge pile-group foundations with an 82 percent likelihood of seismically ...
Hybrid FRP and Stainless Steel Rebars Give Concrete Joints Corrosion Resistance and Seismic Ductility
A new experimental study shows that pairing GFRP bars with highly ductile stainless steel in beam-column joints restores seismic ductility ...
AI model predicts earthquake vulnerability of existing concrete buildings in milliseconds
Researchers at the University of Salerno have developed a hybrid deep learning model that predicts the seismic capacity of existing ...
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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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