seismic resistance engineering
31China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
32Curtain wall — For defensive curtain walls in medieval buildings, see Curtain wall (fortification). Glass curtain wall of the Bauhaus Dessau A curtain wall is an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non structural, but merely keep out the… …
331985 Mexico City earthquake — Mexico city Collapsed General Hospital …
342008 Sichuan earthquake — 2008 Earthquake 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake …
35japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
36Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
37Arthur Claude Ruge — (pronounced ROO gee) (July 28, 1905 – April 3 2000) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor who developed and pioneered the modern bonded wire resistance strain gauge. cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Arthur C.… …
38Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
39Concrete — This article is about the construction material. For other uses, see Concrete (disambiguation). Outer view of the Roman Pantheon, still the largest unreinforced solid concrete dome.[1] …
40Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant — Infobox Nuclear power plant Picture = Kashiwazaki Kariwa cropped.jpg Pic des = Aerial view. The controlled area where waste heat is dumped into the ocean can be seen fairly clearly. There is a buffer zone of green space between the plant and… …
