Anchorage Science Pub - Michael Fierro
Channel: alaska commons
Date: 2016-03-07

"Shake, Rattle, and Roll… How Engineers Design Buildings for Earthquakes"
The seismic design of buildings is a field with ongoing development and revisions to accepted practices. With each new code cycle, the rules are updated on what we’ve learned from recent earthquakes: ground motion, building behavior, risk assessment, and the identification of post-earthquake damage. Join us at this month’s Anchorage Science Pub for a presentation with Senior Engineer Michael Fierro, as he discusses basic concepts of earthquake motion and the modern approach to seismic design of buildings in every-day terms.