Recent earthquake damage has exposed the vulnerability of existing structures to strong ground movement. Researchers are now analyzing shape-memory alloys for their potential use in constructing ...

How do engineers prepare buildings to withstand earthquakes? According to experts in Spain, one approach to this problem is to consider a building as you would a living being. How do engineers prepare ...

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 brilliant ancient civilization figured out how to make seismically stable structures using stones that fit together like Legos. Now it’s time to learn from the past. Over 500 years ago, when Incan ...

ALTHOUGH it might appear that such a subject has little direct application in Great Britain, it will be found that the problem treated in this work is one of vibration in structures and, as such, is ...

A deadly earthquake that reduced buildings to rubble in West Java, Indonesia has once again exposed the dangers of living in poorly built homes in one of the most seismically active zones on the ...

Signature Global has entered a ₹380 crore MoU with CECO Hirun to implement advanced earthquake-resistant technology in ...

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis isn’t far from one of the most active earthquake zones in the country: The New Madrid Seismic Zone. It’s about 160 miles south of St. Louis. But architects and engineers kept it ...

Homeowners in Istanbul’s Maltepe district have moved into newly built, earthquake-resistant apartments and workplaces under ...

Thousands of school buildings and structures in Japan fail to meet earthquake resistant standards, according to Tokyo’s Education Ministry. This includes both the school buildings themselves and ...