Wind power has experienced fast growth within China during the past decade, but many wind farms are being built within regions of high seismic activity. Researchers are now exploring the dynamic ...
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(THE CONVERSATION) Acapulco wasn’t prepared when Hurricane Otis struck as a powerful Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2023. The short notice as the storm rapidly intensified over the Pacific Ocean wasn’t ...
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Wednesday's column says the Tulsa building code does not require steel strapping or hurricane clips to hold roofs to walls or walls to slabs and that roofs may be toenailed to the walls. So how is ...
A Japanese company has designed an earthquake-resistant foundation for fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines. Developed by J-Power and the University of Tokyo, the ‘flexible tripile’ foundation is ...
MONTE CARLO, Monaco--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) released updates to its Extratropical Cyclone and Earthquake Models for Europe. Both models were significantly ...