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How can we make buildings more resilient before – and after – earthquakes? We put one solution to the test
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An article examining building resilience and earthquake-resistant engineering solutions, using recent seismic events in the Philippines and New Zealand as case studies to illustrate structural failure risks and engineering challenges.
How can we make buildings more resilient before – and after – earthquakes? We put one solution to the test
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This week’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Philippines came with scenes familiar to New Zealanders: collapsed buildings, shattered facades and streets strewn with rubble.
Earthquakes of such force test buildings to their extreme limits. As occurred this week, and in Christchurch in 2011, some ultimately fail with tragic consequences.
But, for structural engineers, preventing collapse is only part of the challenge. Increasingly, we are also asking what happens
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