earthquake resistance for young peeps

short educational talk on 3 types of lateral bracing in buildings

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• earthquake
• education
• structure
• bracing
• learning
• lateral

[halestorm888]

which is strongest? all depends on the engineer. in real life, we use a combination of them. personally i like base isolation and k or x bracing... but it all comes down to how it calculates out when the building is modeled in an earthquake scenario. But remember - all engineers have to assume some maximum of lateral forces when calculating this.. at some point mother nature may deliver something that is outside of the assumptions, and then all bets are off!

search "soil liquefaction"

[halestorm888]

good luck! tell your class about the post after you turn in your HW!

[msomarionbowchris]

question? of the three final earthquake resistant buildings which would be strongest??

[halestorm888]

engineers typically use a combination of these methods to come up with their resistance plan along with other forms of the building like a tube shape structure where the building's resistance is at its perimeter. then each earthquake is different - so you must consider vertical "punch", and then lateral forces at varying frequencies. hope this all makes sense! -h

[BlackStripeCircus]

thank you that will really help me with my HW. your a legend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[disturbedR0x]

Ah nice video. That's going to help me out on making my own earthquake resistant building. Thanks!

[msomarionbowchris]

omg thks x 10 that help like soooooo much for my project!! good thing 2 i only have 1 day 2 do it...

[lesliefiggy]

thanks a lot! this video is informative. :)

[12105302]

yay thanks!! that helps on my project, we have to do this earthquake-proof building and i think that your presentation was simple enough for even a fifth grader to knwo :D