Even the most well-constructed building may have little chance against a direct hit from the 200-mph winds of an EF5 tornado. But a recently released ASCE study suggests that, away from the center of ...

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Like a spider web that flexes to compensate for a broken strand 1, 2, steel truss bridges, which are built from a framework of connected elements, can sometimes withstand the failure of a load-bearing ...

Concrete support node with carbon fiber-reinforced plastic hull. Photo Credit: Larissa Born, University of Stuttgart (ITFT), Institute for Textile and Fiber Technologies An interdisciplinary research ...

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By contrast, materials that resist rapid fracture provide engineers with more time to detect damage and intervene before collapse occurs. Slowing or redirecting cracks can therefore improve structural ...