Date: 4/31/14 Title: Earthquake Proof House Inventor(s): John Donigan an !er"e es PH#T# #$ %#&' !

#DE( H#&)E Background Information: Peo*le in the *ast have not +een a+le to "reate an earthquake *roof +uil ing, +ut the- have +een a+le to esign ifferent te"hniques to hel* the. survive earthquakes/

Ho0 o engineers esign +ri ges, +uil ings, et" in earthquake *rone areas1

#l er +uil ings +e"o.e retrofitte to *rote"t the. uring earthquakes through reinfor"e.ent/ 'einfor"e.ent "an +e gaine +- reinfor"ing floors, roofs, an e2terior stru"tures, re*airing 0eakene stru"tural s-ste.s, t-ing "hi.ne-s an *or"hes to the +uil ing, installing an an"horing ne0 ia*hrag.s to the 0alls of a stru"ture, an using .etal to tie the e2terior 0alls to the floor/ The area of s"ien"e that +uil ing earthquake *roof housing is relate to is earthquake resistan"e/

Dra0ings an Diagra.s: Diagra.s, +lue*rints/ floor *lans an s"he.ati"s of -our house shoul +e *la"e here 3 +e sure to "learl- la+el -our iagra.s an nu.+ers use in the iagra.s/ Des"ri*tion of !o el: Des"ri+e -our .o 1el house 4 ho0 it 0as "onstru"te , in"lu ing the .aterials use / #*eration of !o el: Ho0 oes it 0ork1 5re there an- s"ien"e equations or "on"e*ts relate to the esign of -our house1 Dis"uss ho0 -ou use the four fa"tors that "ontri+ute to ura+ilit- in -our esign/ ()ee ste* 3 of Pro6e"t Phases) Dis"ussion 7uestions: 1/ 'evie0 the four varia+les that "ontri+ute to the ura+ilit- of a +uil ing: istri+ution of 0eight, es"ri+e ea"h ra0ing an an- referen"e

variation in sha*e, variation in height, an the t-*e of .aterial use for the foun ation/ Dis"uss 0hat is nee e to "reate earthquake8*roof +uil ings/ $or e2a.*le, 0hat 0oul ha**en if a +uil ing 0as "onstru"te *ro*erl- +ut 0as +uilt on a san - foun ation1 9hat issues o +uil ers fa"e 0hen "onstru"ting ver- tall +uil ings1 :/ There have +een .an- severe earthquakes in the :;th "entur-/ The 1<=> earthquake in !e2i"o ?itan the earthquake in @o+e, Ja*an, in the late 1<<;s are t0o e2a.*les/ 'esear"h a serious earthquake/ 9hat "ause the .ost a.age1 9hat strategies "oul +e i.*le.ente so that the a.age is not as great the ne2t ti.e1 3/ Aase on 0hat -ou have learne a+out earthquake8*roof +uil ings, in 0hat kin of +uil ing 0oul -ou like to +e uring an earthquake1 Des"ri+e its features an 0h- -ou think it 0oul +e safe/ 4/ #ne of the largest freestan ing o.e stru"tures on Earth is the Hagia )o*hia in Istan+ul, Turke-/ It has survive all .agnitu es of earthquakes for nearl- 1,>;; -ears/ &sing the Internet or li+rar- for resear"h, o a stru"tural anal-sis of the Hagia )o*hia/ 9hat are so.e of the theories *ro*ose a+out 0h- this stru"ture a**ears to +e earthquake *roof1 >/ Dis"uss so.e of the stru"tural features that are +eing in"or*orate into .o ern +uil ings to hel* the. 0ithstan earthquakes registering on the high en of the 'i"hter an !o.ent8 !agnitu e )"ales1 B/ Aelo0 are three ifferent a**roa"hes for *re*aring for future earthquakes/ Dis"uss the value of ea"h a**roa"h/ Is one +etter than the others1 9oul -ou +e .ore likel- to invest in one a**roa"h over the others1 #r o -ou think that all three shoul +e i.*le.ente si.ultaneousl-1 Cive evi en"e to su**ort -our i eas/ a/ )u**ort an en"ourage engineers to esign +etter +uil ings that have a greater "han"e of 0ithstan ing an earthquake/ +/ )u**ort an en"ourage engineers an s"ientists to learn .ore a+out earthquakes, ena+ling the. to +etter *re i"t 0hen the- 0ill take *la"e/ This in"rease kno0le ge 0ill hel* *eo*le +e .ore *re*are 0hen the earthquake oes hit/ "/ )u**ort *u+li" infor.ation "a.*aigns that e u"ate *eo*le a+out the safest *la"es to +uil

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is"ourage the. fro. +uil ing in areas at the greatest risk for earthquakes/

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