New home for earthquake resistance structure

Earthquake is one such nature’s devastation which causes immense loss to life and property. It is very difficult to predict the occurrence of an earthquake. In the past earthquakes have caused great damage to life and property and the biggest example of it was the tsunami that hit Japan in 2011. It happened as a result of earthquake and due to it Japan was on the verge of a nuclear catastrophe. Japan is one of the few most developed nations in the world but still they could not avoid the disaster earthquake that cost them so many lives. Scientists have come up with few engineering ways that can cause less damage to buildings and may reduce the damage caused during an earthquake to quite an extent. In this section we will discuss few such points.

Modern engineering to make home earthquake resistance                                

Earthquake causes devastation, people are buried alive and some lucky ones who manage to come out after going through the horrible condition of being buried under bricks and rods for days and even weeks. Considering such loss of life and property few things must be taken into consideration in building an earthquake resistance house. The first step towards this will be to make the roof of the house as light as possible. The roof must be in slope between 3 to 15 degrees and if the roof has to be made flat then galvanized steel can be used along with a solid insulation and a special membrane. Steel joists of length 2m 6 inches can be used. After this an RC slab can be used over the roof without any propping and the slab will weight only 180Kg per square meter. Such slabs bond with the frame very well and will not collapse during an earth quake. If the building is of single storey then the steel framed can be used but if its more than two stories then care must be taken in building it so that chances of survival be maximum. Along with the roof, the floors of the building must also be made as light as possible. In order to do this floors can be made of traditional timber joists, chip boards or ply boards can be used as flooring. The timber joists must be firmly bolted so that they do not slip or get torn away in a shock. However in places like office buildings, apartments and other such buildings, concrete floor will be required. To make such concrete floor stay together during an earthquake, composite decking flooring must be used and reinforced concrete slabs must be poured into such decking. The decking will be fixed to the joists while the joists will be fixed to the main beams. The main beam will be fixed to the columns and concrete will be poured into these columns. By doing this there will be no chances of the floors falling of slipping off.

These engineering tips have been used in the past and they have been quite successful. Using these tips have caused very less damage to building and such engineering technologies must be used quite frequently.