Seismology

Abstract Earthquake engineering is a subject where a person can be overwhelmed with information but still crave for knowledge due to its unpredictable nature. Earthquakes are a natural repetitive occurrence on planet earth, which due to its devastating impact, have caused a lot of damage to structures and caused loss of life. Therefore engineers, scientists and geologists were required to take action and one of the many first steps was to identify the regions of seismic activity. The argument in

Rhetorical Analysis Essay: “A Seismic Shift in How People Eat” In Hans Taparia and Pamela Koch’s New York Times online article “A Seismic Shift in How People Eat,” posted on November 6, 2015, the current struggle that big food companies are experiencing in relation to increased consumer awareness is discussed. Prompting this article is the overwhelming movement to healthy eating by the general populace and the havoc it is wreaking on corporate companies. Highly popular among health enthusiasts

Earthquakes have long posed an engineering concern that requires special attention to minimize their powerful range of destruction. Engineers and other disciplines have strived to alleviate our concern of earthquakes through different means. While earthquakes pose the capability of causing great harm, we can use the knowledge we have gained from their appearance to formulate better structures that are well equipped to handle the powerful forces of nature. To understand earthquakes and how to combat

PROBLEM DEFINITION This work aims to study the seismic performance with different soil condition like hard, medium and soft of multi-storied buildings having plan regularities. The buildings were analyzed by software STAAD Pro. The result obtained in term of percentage change in base shear and peak story shear. In this attempt, following major cases will be analyzed:- i. Modeling of structures which is 6 stories are presented. ii. A problem of multi-story structure with different soil type of condition

This work aims to study the seismic performance with different soil condition like hard, medium and soft of multi-storied buildings having plan regularities. The buildings were analyzed by software STAAD Pro. The result obtained in term of percentage change in base shear and peak story shear. In this attempt, following major cases will be analyzed:- i. Modeling of structures which is 6 stories are presented. ii. A problem of multi-story structure with different soil type of condition with seismic

Use of Seismics for Lithology Characterization Aditya Chakravarty Abstract This paper studies the application of Rock Physics Models by using Seismic and Well log data to characterize the reservoir sedimentological parameters (viz. Porosity, sorting, cement content and fluid saturation). When properly constrained by local subsurface environment, rock physics models can be used to predict the reservoir quality away from wells. Various researchers have applied a combination of theoretical and heuristic

The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, was one of the largest quakes ever recorded. It happened on April 18th, at 5:15AM. “The quake lasted only a minute, but caused the worst natural disaster in the nation’s history.”( Eyewitness History.) The quake caused an enormous amount of damage that affected hundreds of thousands of people’s lives. The quake caused great damage to San Francisco. According to Eyewitness History, “the maelstrom destroyed 490 city blocks, a total of 25,000 buildings, made over

Sukhsharn Kaur Johal GEOL 3500 Roger Putnam 23 September 2015 Week 4 Learning Questions 1. What is the difference between body and surface waves? There are two types of seismic waves: body waves and surface waves. Body waves travel through the body of the Earth while surface waves travel along the surface of the Earth. 2. What differences are there between P and S waves? There are two types of body waves: P-waves and S-waves. P-waves are primary waves. They travel the fastest and are longitudinal

At 11:45 am on 7 February 2009, a section of power line known as the Valley Span conductor located at Kilmore East broke and, upon striking the ground, ignited a bushfire which spread first south-east and then to the north-west and during this time weather conditions were extreme like temperature was around 40°C as well as humidity below 5% and wind speed 80 kilometer per hour which raised intensity of fire and as consequence, the fire travelled as far south-east and caused damage at higher magnitude

California is suspected of experiencing a killer quake, one that reaches the magnitude of 7.5. However, it is impossible to predict an earthquake. The Puente Hills Fault is one of the most dangerous “sleeping monsters” (if it were to) create an earthquake. It is located in the Los Angeles basin, where it can cause approximately 45 seconds of rippling instead of just 7 seconds because it is on softer ground, cause thousands of deaths, and potentially destroy the city of Los Angeles. The first “big