The performance of a well-designed layer of sand, geo-grid, geo-textiles and composites like layer of sand mixed with shredded tyre (rubber) as low-cost base isolators is studied in shake table tests ...

Howard University professor Claudia Marin-Artieda at the NEES at Buffalo laboratory with her research team and the "Yahoo frame." With 40 servers installed, the frame was shaken with servers in ...

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Low-cost base isolation technology as a means of protection from earthquakes developed at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus can be effectively used to retrofit existing buildings, significantly enhancing ...

The Transport Isolation System was first implemented after the Ebola outbreak. The Air Force is training medical professionals to operate an isolation system used to safely transport patients with ...