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From AI-powered modeling to sustainable timber towers, engineers are rethinking how buildings withstand earthquakes. New research blends performance-based seismic design, advanced materials, and ...

A full-scale, two-story, light-frame wood townhouse building, designed according to modern US engineered seismic design requirements, was tested on two tri-axial shake tables operating in unison, as ...

Bruneau, who is also a distinguished member of ASCE—the highest honor the society can bestow—was recognized for “his contributions to advancing seismic design and improving the safety and resilience ...

Duke faculty and students are working with colleagues in Nepal to give the country more warning before deadly earthquakes ...

The 1994 California Northridge Earthquake was a seismic event that impacted infrastructure, earthquake engineering practices, and community resilience. Thirty years later, TRB hosted a webinar on ...

Additional material and pictures provided by Ellington Cross LLC. In the past, the conventional method for handling loose sands, soft clays and poorly compacted fills on a construction project was to ...

A new measure that compares earthquake-related fatalities to a country's population size concludes that Ecuador, Lebanon, Haiti, Turkmenistan, Iran and Portugal have experienced the greatest impact ...

Japan's location on the Pacific Ring of Fire, at the intersection of four tectonic plates, makes it highly seismically active ...