Civil engineer Joseph Schmitt was driving when the East Coast quaked on Friday morning. He did not feel the shaking; but his wife, at their home in Stony Brook, did. The magnitude 4.8 earthquake that ...
The main goal in this project was to study the behavior of Concrete-Filled Double-Skin Tube (CFDST) columns subjected to fire following earthquake scenarios. For this purpose, the behavior of CFDST ...
Imagine knowing how well structural building components would stand up against an earthquake or hurricane without actually witnessing or experiencing the devastating loss and damage. Imagine knowing ...
Structural engineers usually commit to painstakingly put together fragments of materials when building, culminating into some of the most aesthetically appealing, and physically imposing skyscrapers ...
Assessment of Base-Isolated Nuclear Structures for Design and Beyond-Design Basis Earthquake Shaking
Keywords: Nuclear power plants (NPP). Base isolation. Seismic isolation systems. ASCE 43-05. Damage. Design level earthquakes. Moats. Gravity loads. Seismic loads ...
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