Sentences with phrase «unreinforced brick»

It was noticed in a California earthquake some years ago that unreinforced brick warehouses survived while reinforced concrete (an earthquake - resistant material) elevated freeways fell, and small apartment houses built on steel columns over open parking areas often dropped to the ground.

The older buildings are wood frame (pretty safe) and some are, just like in California, unreinforced brick.

But it is impractical to retrofit the millions of unreinforced brick and stone houses across the region.

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.

Not exact matches

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