The Future of Earthquake-Proof Buildings
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Earthquakes are almost impossible to predict. Luckily, engineers have come up with some amazing ways to protect people the next time one might strike.
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Sources:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/earthquake-resistant-buildings/#/1/2
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/dec/11/earthquake-proof-city-christchurch-japan-colombia-ecuador
https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/science/halting-jolts-how-te-papa-resists-earthquakes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705817334999 (you can access the paper here...its a super long URL)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/federicoguerrini/2015/07/11/in-the-future-a-vibrating-barrier-could-protect-cities-against-earthquakes
https://www.crisis-response.com/comment/blogpost.php?post=128
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17378-invisibility-cloak-could-hide-buildings-from-quakes/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-do-you-make-a-building-invisible-to-an-earthquake-17536143/
https://physicsworld.com/a/seismic-cloak-could-minimize-earthquake-damage/
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/510716/first-test-of-seismic-invisibility-cloak/
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q4/new-3d-printed-cement-paste-gets-stronger-when-it-cracks--just-like-structures-in-nature-.html
https://www.engineering.com/BIM/ArticleID/17805/3D-Printed-Cement-Paste-Uses-Biomimicry-to-Strengthen-After-Cracking.aspx
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201802123
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Earthquakes are almost impossible to predict. Luckily, engineers have come up with some amazing ways to protect people the next time one might strike.
Hosted by: Olivia Gordon
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org
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Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow
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Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:
Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, , Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters
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Sources:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/earthquake-resistant-buildings/#/1/2
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/dec/11/earthquake-proof-city-christchurch-japan-colombia-ecuador
https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/science/halting-jolts-how-te-papa-resists-earthquakes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705817334999 (you can access the paper here...its a super long URL)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/federicoguerrini/2015/07/11/in-the-future-a-vibrating-barrier-could-protect-cities-against-earthquakes
https://www.crisis-response.com/comment/blogpost.php?post=128
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17378-invisibility-cloak-could-hide-buildings-from-quakes/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-do-you-make-a-building-invisible-to-an-earthquake-17536143/
https://physicsworld.com/a/seismic-cloak-could-minimize-earthquake-damage/
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/510716/first-test-of-seismic-invisibility-cloak/
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q4/new-3d-printed-cement-paste-gets-stronger-when-it-cracks--just-like-structures-in-nature-.html
https://www.engineering.com/BIM/ArticleID/17805/3D-Printed-Cement-Paste-Uses-Biomimicry-to-Strengthen-After-Cracking.aspx
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201802123
Images
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taipei_101_Tuned_Mass_Damper_2010.jpg
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F1%2F15%2FTaipei_101_Tuned_Mass_Damper.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ATaipei_101_Tuned_Mass_Damper.png&docid=pUX78ibDtj_PSM&tbnid=R-6ytqYCDEdeHM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwjHideVr5niAhVRtZ4KHQmUD1cQMwhDKAgwCA..i&w=922&h=769&bih=821&biw=1658&q=wikimedia%20commons%20tuned%20mass%20dampers&ved=0ahUKEwjHideVr5niAhVRtZ4KHQmUD1cQMwhDKAgwCA&iact=mrc&uact=8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spring%E2%80%93mass%E2%80%93damper_system.svghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_Millennium_Bridge_-_Damper_beneath_deck,_north_side_-_240404.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taipei_101_view.jpg#/media/File:Taipei_101_view.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Airport_Sahiba_G%C3%B6kcen_from_Air.jpg#/media/File:Airport_Sahiba_G%C3%B6kcen_from_Air.jpg
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