How earthquake-resistant buildings work
Posted by staff / September 27, 2011
Sometimes it seems as though Earth has been hitting the caffeine a little too hard, with all the shakes from earthquakes. So, how do structures stand strong amid all those quakes?
Today’s techniques are a bit different from early earthquake resistance technologies, but the basic principles are the same. Before we delve into the nuts and bolts of building earthquake-resistant structures, let’s review some basics, namely, what forces are generated during an earthquake and how they affect man-made structures.
Full article at HowStuffWorks.com.
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