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Harnessing Earthquake Power to Generate Energy
The students' idea is to use an electromagnetic generator to act as a damper.
Developer, City Sued Over Sinking High Rise
The complaint alleges that "construction failures" are causing a 58-story residential tower to sink and tilt.
Fabric Structures: Ancient Approach, Modern Aesthetics
Fabric architectural elements have found a permanent home in airports, stadiums, outdoor shopping centers and other commercial applications.
Hardening the Energy Coast
Efforts are under way to make the U.S. Gulf Coast more resilient in the face of hurricanes, wetlands loss, climate change and sea-level rise.
Explaining the Origins of Concrete "Creep"
Calcium-silicate-hydrates tend to dissolve at high-stress regions and re-precipitate at low-stress regions.
Cyber-Physical Systems Research Aims for Safer Construction-Site Temporary Structures
While CPS has already been implemented in the manufacturing, transportation and healthcare industries, its benefits to the construction industry are still being explored.
Tire-Derived Aggregate Seen as Possible Backfill for Civil Projects
A TDA-soil backfill mixture is lightweight but reinforces the strength of the foundation soil.
Biofilm Protects Mortar Against Damaging Moisture
While water droplets' contact angle is typically 30 degrees or less on untreated mortar, it is three times as high for drops on the hybrid mortar.
ASTM Standard Developed for Large-size Concrete Pavers
The specification provides a baseline acceptance standard using any of three manufacturing processes: dry cast, wet cast and hydraulically pressed.
Bendable Water Pipeline Passes Quake Tests
Wave features help absorb large ground deformation during earthquakes and landslides.
Modular Construction in the Oil and Gas Industry
Oil and natural gas producers are looking to modular construction as a way to maintain margins in a tough business environment.
Construction of World's Largest Optical/Infrared Telescope to Begin
The E-ELT's light-collecting area will be larger than all existing optical research telescopes combined.
Electrical Impedance Tomography Used to Monitor Building and Bridge Health
While EIT has been used as a noninvasive medical imaging technique since the 1980s, it has largely been overlooked by the structural health monitoring community.
UK Gas-to-Hydrogen Conversion: Technically Possible, Economically Viable
Converting natural gas into hydrogen would take place via steam methane reforming, which turns the gas into hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
"Soap Bubble" Building Designed as Model of Sustainability
The building's fabric is similar to that used for the roof of London's Olympic Stadium and acts as both cladding and support while being extremely lightweight.
Cooling Data Center Energy Demand
Cutting energy needs for operating and cooling data centers emerges as a priority for the future.
Digital Simulator Digs Up a Realistic Experience
Trainees may benefit from video game-like technology to learn how to operate a piece of heavy machinery.
Residence Hall to Showcase Wood's Structural Use in High-Rise Design
The hybrid structural system is comprised of a one-story concrete podium, two concrete cores and 17 stories of mass timber topped with a prefabricated steel beam and metal deck roof.
Pipeline Exposure Remediation Uses Erosion Control Methods
The as-constructed design implemented a variety of erosion control methods.
Six-Story Steel-Frame Building Undergoes Seismic Testing
Researchers have installed more than 250 sensors, over 40 video cameras and a GPS system to gather data during the tests.