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This website, produced by MCEER, provides an explanation of how buildings typically respond to earthquakes.  The article discusses physics concepts such as Newton's Laws, inertial forces, and the frequency and period of buildings.  Material properties including stiffness, ductility, and damping are also discussed in terms of their influence on building responses to earthquakes.
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Keywords:
damping, earthquake, inertia, material science, resonance, structure, tremor
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Metadata instance created May 22, 2007 by Ann Deml
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August 11, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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(Research Foundation of the State of New York, Buffalo, 2007), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20140207120702/http://mceer.buffalo.edu/Infoservice/Reference_Services/BuildingRespondEQ.asp).
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How Buildings Respond to Earthquakes (Research Foundation of the State of New York, Buffalo, 2007), <http://web.archive.org/web/20140207120702/http://mceer.buffalo.edu/Infoservice/Reference_Services/BuildingRespondEQ.asp>.
APA Format
How Buildings Respond to Earthquakes. (2007). Retrieved May 5, 2024, from Research Foundation of the State of New York: http://web.archive.org/web/20140207120702/http://mceer.buffalo.edu/Infoservice/Reference_Services/BuildingRespondEQ.asp
Chicago Format
Research Foundation of the State of New York. How Buildings Respond to Earthquakes. Buffalo: Research Foundation of the State of New York, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20140207120702/http://mceer.buffalo.edu/Infoservice/Reference_Services/BuildingRespondEQ.asp (accessed 5 May 2024).
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How Buildings Respond to Earthquakes. Buffalo: Research Foundation of the State of New York, 2007. 5 May 2024 <http://web.archive.org/web/20140207120702/http://mceer.buffalo.edu/Infoservice/Reference_Services/BuildingRespondEQ.asp>.
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@misc{ Title = {How Buildings Respond to Earthquakes}, Publisher = {Research Foundation of the State of New York}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {5 May 2024}, Year = {2007} }
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