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Sixteen new locations listed as major active fault zones in Japan
The total number of major active faults in the country has now increased to 113, as the Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion of the Japanese government added 16 more faults to the list of ac...
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A 3D printer filament from recycled plastic
PET bottles, old refrigerator insides and car dashboards are recycled into 3D printer ink PET bottles, old refrigerator insides and car dashboards are recycled into 3D printer ink Although the 3D...
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Footage captures landslide destroying homes in Bolivia (video)
Several houses were destroyed in the Auquisamaña area of La Paz, Bolivia on February 15, 2017, as a landslide rolled off the mountainside into the neighbourhood of the Bolivian capital. Several...
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A new resource-efficient way to construct a concrete dome has been developed
Researchers at TU Wien have developed a construction method for concrete domes, requiring far less amounts of labor and materials than the conventional resource intensive formwork. Invented by Dr. Ben...
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Calculation Example - Calculate the location of support.
Calculate the distance x for locating roller support so that the moment on the beam at point B is zero. Calculate the distance x for locating roller support so that the moment on the beam at...
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Italian village is being torn apart by slow-moving landslide (video)
Τhe landslide is moving at a rate of about 1 meter per day since February 12, tearing apart the village of Ponzano, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. ?he landslide is moving at a rate of about...
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New metamaterial offers natural cooling without power input
It acts as a type of air conditioning system for buildings It acts as a type of air conditioning system for buildings Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a glass-polym...
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Bogoslof island has tripled in size after volcano’s continuing eruptions
Bogoslof volcano is in an active eruption sequence since December 12, 2016. The series of short-duration explosive events - more than 27 of them up until now - has led to significant changes in the is...
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The January Issue of TheStructuralEngineer.info Newsletter has been released !
This month TheStructuralEngineer.info is excited to announce the first Newsletter for 2017 Issue#107! January issue bring you with 3D printed houses, structural sponges, structural collapses, member...
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Historic Iranian windmills are still functional nowadays
A village in northern Iran has been taking advantage of the wind for the last 1000 years A village in northern Iran has been taking advantage of the wind for the last 1000 years Really old windmil...
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