Sentences with word «unreinforced»

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.»

Pantheon The last of Rome's ancient architecture still in one piece, the Pantheon was originally built in 27 BC and is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome ever constructed.

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

After nearly two millennia, the dome remains the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world.

Methods: R6 / 2 CAG 240 (peak training at 11 weeks of age), zQ175 knock in (KI) HET (peak training at 27 weeks of age) and BAC HD (peak training at 48 weeks of age), as well as respective age - matched wild type (WT) control mice, were trained on the peak interval task (20 s interval) in which response rates during unreinforced peak trials were examined.

Indeed, some people have bones thick with calcium and other minerals that are weak and crack under tension like unreinforced concrete.

Frequent readers of Dot Earth will know that this particular earthquake threat, especially the danger it poses to hundreds of unreinforced schools, has been a longtime focus of mine.

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

A recent NYIA press release concluded that New York's risk is high because of highly populated areas and an abundance of older unreinforced building materials.

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.

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

So we built unreinforced concrete walls — pure compression structures.

It should be a wake - up call for all nations that build out of unreinforced masonry to do something about it.

That's roughly twice the strength of the unreinforced basic material,» says Wagner.

Where else in the world are huge populations still at risk because they are living in cities where the primary building construction is unreinforced concrete and there is a likelihood of a major earthquake like this?

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

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

In Seattle, the same week as the Sichuan quake, officials released a list and map of 575 unreinforced - masonry buildings that, in the parlance of earthquake experts, are «rubble in waiting.»

The California Department of Insurance advises homeowners to brace their water heaters, ensure their homes are anchored to the foundation, retrofit masonry foundations, and to strengthen cripple walls, unreinforced masonry walls and homes on steep hillsides.

According to the report, prepared by the Department of Planning and Development and titled «Unreinforced Masonry Buildings (URM) Survey,» very few structures had been retrofitted with steel reinforcement, adequate ties and connections between building elements.

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.