Engineers are always interested in the worst-case scenario. One of the most important and challenging missions of structural engineers may be to narrow the rang
The United States will certainly be subject to damaging earthquakes in the future. Some of these earthquakes will occur in highly populated and vulnerable areas
The factor that makes some communities rebound quickly from disasters while others fall apart: “A fascinating book on an important topic.”—E.L. Hirsch, in
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