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It's not too late to sign up for our latest online webinar - Earthquake Engineering Insights & Impacts on Facilities Management. Join us next Wednesday, 26 June, 12 - 1pm, for an insightful session with Henry Tatham, Technical Director of Structural Engineering at Beca. Henry will help us navigate the upcoming legislative and technical guideline changes impacting a building's seismic performance ratings. This webinar will equip you with a comprehensive understanding of the risks and implications associated with these changes and empower you with the best strategies to address and remediate these seismic challenges. See more information and register here: https://lnkd.in/gm3hnNCZ #FMANZ #facilitiesmanagement #earthquakeengineering #seismic #webinar

🏢✨ Just wrapped up an engaging session at the Engineers Australia Event, where we dived deep into the world of earthquake-resistant structural design in Australia. 🏗️ We explored: Recent Updates to Earthquake Code: Staying up to date with the latest seismic standards and how they impact the design and construction of our structures. Relevance and Development of Australian Earthquake Codes: Understanding the significance and the ongoing work behind Australian earthquake codes. Approaches to Designing to Australian Earthquake Codes: The strategies and methodologies that engineers employ to create resilient and safe structures. Recent Seismic Events in Australia: A reflection on recent events that underscore the real-world relevance of these codes. 🌏 It's crucial for our community to be well-informed and prepared for seismic challenges. These discussions pave the way for safer, more resilient infrastructure. 🙌 Kudos to Engineers Australia for hosting this enlightening event, and thanks to all the speakers for sharing their insights. Let's continue to build a safer, more earthquake-resistant Australia! 🇦🇺 #Engineering #EarthquakeResilience #StructuralDesign

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure Resilience Division, the ASCE Los Angeles Section, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Southern California Chapter, the SEAOSC (Structural Engineers Association of Southern California), and the Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA) are collaborating on a free webinar series titled The Northridge Earthquake – 30 Years Later, A Catalyst for Engineering Resilient Communities as part of the year-long Northridge30 campaign, to recognize and remember the devastating event, commemorate the progress made over the past three decades, and identify next steps for improving the infrastructure and community resilience to earthquakes and other hazards. The program was initiated with a successful in-person Symposium at Caltech on January 17, 2024 (seaosc.org/Northridge30). The webinar series begins with an episode focusing on the geophysical and geotechnical aspects of the earthquake and their impacts on building structures and lifeline infrastructure systems: Episode 1: The January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake – Science and Engineering Aspects February 14, 2024 (12-1:30pm PST / 3-4:30pm EST) #ASCE #Earthquake #SEAOSC #StructuralEngineering #GeotechnicalEngineering #NorthridgeEarthquake #EERI #ThisIsASCE #Infrastructure #Resilience #Lifeline #Buildings

A simple and good experiment to understand the relationship between the building high and earthquake waves’ frequencies, as well as how change mode shapes of the buildings during the shaking.

In continuation to my earlier one, this is further giving the actual visual. Excellent demonstration.

⚛️🚀 Impressive full scale earthquake resistance test comparing the performance of a regular wooden house and a reinforced wooden house. Large shaking table tests are fundamental research elements for structural engineering, facilitating research, innovation, and technological progress. 👨🏻🏫 These tests are made on full scale models of buildings and infrastructure to simulate seismic forces to assess structural behavior, validating design methods, enhancing earthquake resilience, using control systems for different earthquake scenarios. ⚛️ The knowledge transfer resulting from these tests are very helpful for the enhancement of earthquake-resistant construction methods and retrofit strategies for existing structures. #engineering #innovation #research #technology #resilience #civilengineering 🎥 by NEESIT

⚛️🚀 Impressive full scale earthquake resistance test comparing the performance of a regular wooden house and a reinforced wooden house. Large shaking table tests are fundamental research elements for structural engineering, facilitating research, innovation, and technological progress. 👨🏻🏫 These tests are made on full scale models of buildings and infrastructure to simulate seismic forces to assess structural behavior, validating design methods, enhancing earthquake resilience, using control systems for different earthquake scenarios. ⚛️ The knowledge transfer resulting from these tests are very helpful for the enhancement of earthquake-resistant construction methods and retrofit strategies for existing structures. #engineering #innovation #research #technology #resilience #civilengineering 🎥 by NEESIT

Loss of life during earthquakes typically occurs in older structures that do not adhere to modern seismic guidelines. Addressing this issue poses a significant challenge for our societies and civil engineers. It is our responsibility to tackle this problem proactively by identifying and mitigating the threat before an earthquake occurs. In this context, I am delighted to present our recently published research in the Journal of Research on Engineering Structures and Materials. I extend sincere appreciation to Dr. Enio D. and express gratitude to the reviewers, editorial team for their valuable insights that have contributed to enhancing the paper's quality. Access the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/dbNMw4HT #earthquakes #damageprevention #failuremodes #seismicdesign #seismichazard

concept which we can't learn by just using softwares

QuakeCoRE PhD Candidate Erin M. (University of Canterbury) presented at the QuakeCoRE Fault Displacement Hazard International Delegation Workshop at the University of Canterbury yesterday. Erin's research examines that fault surface deformation during earthquakes can trigger rapid coseismic river response (CRR) events, altering local flood patterns and hazards. Four main classes of CRR can occur and are influenced by site-specific factors such as channel type, topography, and fault characteristics. Hydrodynamic models successfully replicating the 2016 Papatea Fault Rupture and Waiau Toa / Clarence river avulsion confirms that flood modelling techniques can be combined with a newly developed 'F-Index' approach to assessing relative hazard at fault-river intersections ahead of time, aiding the proactive mitigation of CRR-induced flood hazard in high-risk areas. A number of invited international leaders in fault displacement hazard are in Ōtautahi Christchurch for this multi-day workshop based at the University of Canterbury. Showcasing the nature of interdisciplinary research, of the 60+ from Aotearoa and abroad spanned the fields of geoscience, civil, geotechnical and structural engineering, land use planning and disaster risk reduction to name a few. Today attendees are in the field at historical fault rupture sites in North Canterbury. #WatchThisSpace for further information on this QuakeCoRE International Delegation in the coming weeks. This event received additional funding from EQC Toka Tū Ake.