Sentence examples for destructive seismic from inspiring English sources

Liquid storage tanks are vital life-line structures, especially following destructive seismic events.

The earthquakes of November 1951 constitute the most destructive seismic episode in the recorded history of the Longitudinal Valley, eastern Taiwan.

This result is of primary importance in earthquake resistant design, because partial and local failure modes are responsible for the worsening of the energy dissipation capacity leading to an increased risk of collapse under destructive seismic events.

Within the beam-to-column joint typologies to be used in seismic resistant steel frames, the double split tee joint (DST) represents an interesting solution due to its easy fabrication and repair after a destructive seismic event.

The most destructive seismic events that occurred in Romania in the 20th century (November 10, 1940 and March 4, 1977) have revealed a high level of seismic vulnerability of the built environment.

An earthquake occurs when the energy that has built up along a fault line — over years, decades, or hundreds of years — suddenly bursts forth in potentially destructive seismic waves.

This paper presents the identification of degree of fouling and types of fouling using non-destructive testing, namely seismic surface-wave and ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey.

One of the most notable characteristics of this sequence was a large number of seismic events, including destructive earthquakes, that occurred within a short time across a wide area (Fig. 1a, b).

Strong seismic waves triggered a destructive disaster in this region, including the capital city, Kathmandu.

We consider the time-harmonic inverse medium problem, which finds many applications in science and engineering (e.g. optical tomography, seismic imaging, and non-destructive testing).

Seismic isolation systems reduce the destructive effects of earthquakes through introducing a flexible interface between the superstructure and the foundation.