Engineering · Civil Engineering
A topic within Civil Engineering, itself one of 13 topics in that field and part of Engineering.
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George W. Housner
Argues that a structure's ability to survive a major earthquake depends on ductility and energy dissipation rather than on being built strong enough to resist peak forces elastically, reframing seismic design around controlled damage.
Building Seismic Safety Council (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Sets out a single, code-adoptable design philosophy for earthquake-resistant structures — ductility over raw strength — that has shaped US building codes since the 1980s.
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