Emerging seismic protection technologies
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Since 1900, 2.3 million people have died in 2,233 earthquakes[1] and we can only expect those numbers to continue increasing as the exposure and vulnerability of communities grow year to year. Earthquakes are a major global concern affecting people’s lives, economy and wellbeing.
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We are working to develop new knowledge, advanced tools and innovative technologies to enhance the resilience of structures against seismic actions. We are currently exploring the potential kinetic energy-based motion-control technologies and have applied formal dimensional analysis to study the seismic response of steel structures. These are the latest of a series of on-going efforts to characterise the relationship between strong ground-motion parameters and structural response.