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EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURES
Around 500,000 earthquakes are recorded across world every year, key to limit massive destructions may be liked to unique move in 1970s. Here's what experts are sayingEarthquakes are among the greatest global challenges for the safety of structures. Existing buildings constructed before the introduction o...- What makes earthquakes so deadly?Colombia and Venezuela experienced deadly earthquakes due to tectonic plate friction. The Nazca plate sliding beneath the South American pl...
- Could China’s 6-tonne autonomous aircraft change who controls tomorrow’s skies, as the Lanying R6000 signals a dramatic aviation shift ahead?China’s 6-tonne autonomous tilt-rotor aircraft is one of the largest unmanned aircraft developed for low-altitude transport and heavy-lift ...
- Potential Nankai Trough megaquake fatality estimate 300,000, Japan plans to keep it under 60,000, an 80% reductionJapan aims to reduce the projected death toll from a potential Nankai Trough megaquake by 80 per cent and cut structural damage by 50 per c...
- How to make your house or building earthquake proof?To make buildings more resilient to seismic activity, various earthquake-proofing technologies are being used worldwide. These include base...
- Earthquake: Know the riskiest and the safest places in DelhiThe high density of population and a large number of high-rises in Gurgaon make the National Capital Region all the more risky.
- New earthquake-resistant concrete to be tested in IndiaThe seismic-resistant, fibre-reinforced concrete developed at the University of British Columbia in Canada will see its first real-life app...
- Nod by structural engineers may be included for building plansAccording to government records, there are 31 lakh units in Delhi which are at medium risk of being affected by an earthquake.
- Here comes certification for earthquake resistant buildings in IndiaThe company claims that certified buildings will absorb even an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale and stay operational after th...
- Are soft storey buildings earthquake safe?Many such type of buildings has open ground storey open which is used for parking. The columns in the ground storey do not have any partiti...
- 50% people don't know if their home is earthquake safeAs per a recent poll by Magicbricks, more than 50 per cent of the people who took the poll were unaware about if their homes are earthquake...
- Is your building earthquake proof?The devastating earthquake in Nepal has reignited the debate about earthquake safety in buildings across India, and how they can be made sa...
- Quake-Proof Steel Checks DamageAfter the Latur earthquake, Steel Authority of India (SAIL) started developing reinforced bars like Fe 500, to start with.
- PIL seeks safety norms for high rise construction from govtExperts point out that there is no separate code for high rise buildings.The focus has to shift from cheapest to the best performance.
- Mumbai, Delhi buildings fall short of quake-proof normsSafety experts also point out the absence of separate guidelines in India for highrise buildings, which are becoming a common sight in big ...
- Why majority buildings in India weathered the impact of Nepal earthquakeThe use of earthquake resistant steel in construction played a role in preventing large scale damage to buildings in a number of Indian cit...
- All realty projects must display grading for earthquake resistance: SC to centreJustices MB Lokur and R Banumathi gave the directive after hearing a PIL filed by Sandeep Donald Shah, the country head of Miyamoto Interna...
- Bungalows in Lutyens Delhi, including PM's residence, may not be able to withstand an earthquakeDelhi lies in seismic zone IV, which is considered a high-risk area in seismic zoning map of India, hence following BIS code is all the mor...
- Scientists find different structural features in Uttarakhand hillsScientists have discovered a significantly different structural feature in Uttarakhand hills which may lead to a major earthquake.
- 38 Indian cities fall in moderate to high risk seismic zonesTop metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata fall under moderate to high risk seismic zones of the country, the National Disaster Man...
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