Tall Buildings, Bad Welds, Large Earthquakes--Big Problems

Author: Hall, John F.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 58, Number 4, 1995, pp. 2-13

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 58:4, Summer 1995

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:58.4.Hall

Abstract

Steel-frame buildings, long thought to be our most earrhquake-resistant form of construction, didn 't fare well in the Northridge earthquake when their welds cracked prematurely.

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