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When designing a building for lateral loads such as those generated by wind or earthquakes, engineers have several options. Lateral loads may be transferred to the foundation via braced frames or ...
Several significant updates have been added to the new edition of Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures, Standards ASCE/SEI 7-16. The recently released ...
The after-shocks of the Kahramanmaras earthquake in Turkey and closer-to-home disasters such as the Joshimath crisis have made a global impact, compelling us to look closer into available engineering ...
Hours after the Turkey-Syria earthquake, a video on Japanese techniques to deal with such calamities began doing the rounds on social media. It showed how Japanese engineers and architects had ...
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Hyderabad:In the wake of Wednesday's earthquake, architects believe that high-rises and key installations should be constructed using modern earthquake-resistant techniques. According to S.P. Anchuri, ...