Earthquake engineering
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Earthquake engineering is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that designs and analyzes structures, such as buildings and bridges, with earthquakes in mind. Its overall goal is to make such str
Shake-table crash testing of a regular building model (left) and a base-isolated building model (right) at UCSD
Tokyo Skytree, equipped with a tuned mass damper, is the world's tallest tower and is the world's third tallest structure.
Snapshot from shake-table video of a 6-story non-ductile concrete building destructive testing
Shake-table testing of Friction Pendulum Bearings at EERC
Earthquake-resistant or aseismic structures are designed to protect buildings to some or greater extent from earthquakes. While no structure can be entirely impervious to earthquake damage, the goal o
Model of the Gaiola pombalina (pombaline cage), an architectural, earthquake-resistant wooden structure developed in Portugal in the 18th century for the reconstruction of Lisbon's pombaline downtown after the devastating 1755 Lisbon earthquake
Close-up of abutment of seismically retrofitted Municipal Services Building in Glendale, California
Seismically retrofitted Municipal Services Building in Glendale
Coupled steel plate shear walls, Seattle