Earthquake Resistant Building Construction - 1 A short Research Paper on Affordable Solution for Earthquake Resistant Building Construction in Haiti by Dawang Sherpa Submitted to Southern Alberta Institute of Technology-SAIT Calgary‚ Alberta February 24‚ 2010 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Some Concepts on Earthquake Resistant Construction 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 Adobe Buildings with Earthquake Resistant Components 3.2 Rice Straw/Wheat Straw Buildings 3.3 Bamboo & Wooden Houses 3.4
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been struck by an earthquake. You are a scientist with the USGS and need to figure out all the specifics on the earthquake because an earthquake has never occurred here before. You have a few things to do as a person working for the USGS to keep your job as the seismologist on staff. 1. Using the 3 seismograms recorded‚ figure out the epicenter location using the data and the P/S wave time-travel graph. One of the seismograms has been done for you. 2. Determine if the earthquake came from a fault
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1.Earthquakes 1. According to dictionary.reference.com an earthquake is a: Series of vibrations induced in the earth’s crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating. The earth is made up of tectonic plates these are massive slabs of rock floating on magma ‚as the plates move about‚ they spread apart‚ collide‚ or slide past each other‚ This is the main cause of volcanoes and earthquakes Earthquakes occur in many regions all over the world
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Earth’s Newest Superhero: Ionospheric Earthquake Prediction‚ How it May Change the Lives of Those Effected Abstract Making an earthquake forecast that is successful is still one of the biggest challenges before the scientists. Losses caused by earthquakes alone are greater than the loss caused by any other natural calamity. Many attempts have been made from ancient times to predict seismic events‚ but success has not been achieved yet. This is about to change with the study
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“Japan earthquake: Tsunami hits north-east” Source: BBC 2‚ Horizon Special Professor Ian Stewart‚ Geologist Broadcast on 27th March 2011 In this programme‚ Ian Stewart examines the powerful geological forces that caused the devastating Japanese earthquake. 30% of all earthquakes across the world happen in Japan. Earthquakes are caused when the tectonic plates (giant slabs of rock) grind together causing the build up of huge forces. When the pressure gets too much‚ the edges of the plate suddenly
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Earthquakes in Australia Australia is a very lucky country that suffers very few earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. Earthquakes are caused by converging plates (usually subducting)‚ and there a 4 different types of waves in two categories; firstly there is Body waves which are broken into primary and secondary waves (these travel through the earth) Surface waves travel through only the crust and are called Love and Rayleigh. These Waves (the earthquakes) are measured by a seismograph/ a device that
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Earthquake Resistant Buildings A Research Paper in Writing in the Discipline Emilio Aguinaldo College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Course in Writing in the Discipline Submitted by: Manicdao‚ Marlone S. Introduction Earthquakes are major geological phenomena. Man has been terrified this phenomena for ages‚ as little has been known about the causes of earthquakes‚ but it leaves behind a trail of destruction. There are hundreds of small earthquakes around the
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Tsunami and Earthquake Sion Hau 7D 31/07/11 An earthquake occurred in Sendai‚ Japan on the 11th of March in 2011; this earthquake also resulted in a tsunami. The earthquake measured at magnitude 8.9-9.0 on the Richter scale‚ the scale is measured in powers of ten (e.g. magnitude 2.0 is ten times more than magnitude 1.0). Japan sits on the Ring of Fire (an area encircling Pacific Ocean that has high volcanic and earthquake activity)
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Investigations of past and recent earthquake damage have illustrated that the building structures are vulnerable to severe damage and/or collapse during moderate to strong ground motion. Among the possible structural damages‚ seismic induced pounding has been commonly observed in several earthquakes. A parametric study on buildings pounding response as well as proper seismic hazard mitigation practice for adjacent buildings is carried out. Three categories of recorded earthquake excitation are used for input
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March 27‚ 1964 a magnitude 9.2 earthquake hit Alaska its epicenter located in Prince William Sound‚ 75 miles east of Anchorage. This earthquake was and still is the second larges earthquake ever recorded (Christensen). The plates involved In this major earthquake were the Pacific plate and North American plate. This subduction zone is know as Aleutian-Alaska megathrust zone (Sokolowski). This region was known for its active plate tectonics‚ but this earthquake did come as a surprise to the public
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