Tag: earthquake
UMR Curators’ Professor, students to author books on seismic design
A century after the great San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed more than 28,000 buildings in California, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher and three of his former Ph.D. students are writing two textbooks on seismic design.
Read More »San Andreas vs. New Madrid: Midwest quakes pack a punch
The 100th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake that devastated San Francisco is a time to reflect on the awesome power of the San Andreas fault. But there’s a fault in the Midwest that packs an even greater punch, according to an earthquake expert at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »UMR joins national ‘cybersystem’ for earthquake engineering research
University of Missouri-Rolla researchers will soon connect in cyberspace with investigators around the world to conduct and observe earthquake experiments.
Read More »New UMR study details threats in New Madrid seismic zone
A major earthquake in the New Madrid seismic zone could affect the movement of emergency vehicles and other first response teams into and out of stricken areas if steps aren’t taken immediately to prepare bridges and other transportation infrastructures, says a team of University of Missouri-Rolla researchers.
Read More »Several St. Louis-area bridges not ready for quake, student discovers
Many bridges in the St. Louis area are incapable of withstanding the impact of a major earthquake, according to a recent study by University of Missouri-Rolla student Robert Riess, a senior in civil engineering from The Woodlands, Texas.
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