The five-year research program considered the seismic design of corrugated metal decks, with and without concrete topping, as a diaphragm system that is an integral part of the steel structure. Photo ...

BOISE, Idaho — A 6.5 magnitude earthquake approximately 40 miles outside of Challis rattled Idaho and six surrounding states Tuesday evening. The biggest earthquake preceding this one was in 1983.

Every year the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) hosts a conference where members of industry, students, and faculty gather to learn about advancements in the research of Earthquake ...

Last month, a seismic shake test was conducted on a 10-story wooden structure—the world’s tallest building to be tested on a shake table earthquake simulator. The goal? To validate the strength of ...

Keywords: Design. Recommendations. Load and resistance factor design (LRFD). Seismic design. Bridges. Highways. Multispan continuous bridges. Cast-in-place concrete girders. Bearings. Elastomeric ...

Osman Ozbulut receives funding from NSF. The Feb. 6, 2023, earthquakes in Turkey and Syria damaged over 100,000 buildings, caused more than 10,000 collapses and killed more than 50,000 people. These ...

Keywords: Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) framework. Seismic designs. Bridges. Seismic isolation systems. Polytetraflouroethylene (PTFE) spherical bearings. Elastomeric bearings. California.

The largest base-isolated building in the world officially opened in earthquake-prone Istanbul, Turkey, on May 21. The 1-million-sm, $1.5 billion Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, located near ...

E-commerce giant Amazon’s LIT 1 fulfillment center at the Port of Little Rock, which has been closed since Oct. 22 because of ...