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 ...

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Nabih Youssef, a leading California-based structural engineer and seismic design expert who was a pioneering advocate for the use of steel plate shear walls in areas of high seismic risk, died on July ...

IRVING, TX — A new report that examines the required wall thickness for a fully fused high-density polyethylene (HDPE) water main to withstand the lateral spread from an earthquake or other seismic ...

A team led by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency has concluded a series of large-scale demonstration tests for an innovative new floating seismic isolation system intended for pairing with small modular ...

You want to modify your document with Colors, Fonts, Titles, watermarks, and more, but you realize there’s no Design tab in Word. This situation can be both confusing and frustrating, especially if ...

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In pressure vessel design, seismic forces refer to the forces generated by earthquakes or ground vibrations that act upon the vessel and its supporting structures. These forces can have a significant ...

Abstract: A good seismic design of buildings is not only a part of the structural designs. It should also start from the architectural design and attach full attention to the importance of seismic ...