Sentences with phrase «unreinforced masonry»

Consulted with several professional structural engineers and have developed a seismic retrofit method for each foundation type, including an unreinforced masonry design that meets current building codes.

Older buildings constructed from unreinforced masonry are at the highest risk.

Wang described the impact of the next inevitable great quake on a host of schools in the state that were built of unreinforced masonry before the danger was recognized: «They'll snap like candy canes instead of bending like licorice sticks.»

Housing that consists of unreinforced masonry, particularly bricks, and any other heavy materials are more damage prone than engineered structures.

There was a very unnerving moment when she looked out the window at a wing of the building and noted, almost in passing, that it was built of unreinforced masonry and would be «history» when the city is struck by the earthquake that everyone knows is inevitable at some point in coming decades.

Inspecting the aftermath of earthquakes throughout the developing world, I've seen a lot of collapsed buildings that were made of unreinforced masonry.

Not exact matches

Unreinforced brick masonry and stone buildings have been shown to be especially vulnerable to earthquakes,» said Erol Kalkan, a research structural engineer at USGS and guest editor of the SRL special issue, which features six technical reports that cover different aspects of the magnitude 6.0 South Napa earthquake on August 24, 2014.