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5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Crete island in Greece
- Sep, 27, 2021
- Earthquake Engineering Seismic Effects Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Domes (Structure) News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Natural Disasters/phenomena
- Greece
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
On Monday September 27th, many buildings on the island of Crete, Greece were damaged and some reduced to piles of rubble from an 5.8-magnitude earthquake and strong aftershocks. According to the Athe...
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Engineering concepts behind the stability of famous masonry domes confirmed
- May, 26, 2020
- Masonry Structures Domes (Structure) Structural Stability News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: thestructuralengineer.info
Research conducted at Princeton University and the University of Bergamo unearths the technical secrets behind famous self-supporting masonry domes such as the dome of the duomo of Maria del Fiore in...
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