Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists ...

Researchers solving today’s most important and complex energy challenges can’t always conduct real-world experiments. This is especially true for nuclear energy research. Considerations such as cost, ...

Scientists used supercomputer simulation to reveal the underlying mechanism by which the irregular fault geometry, characterized by multisegments, controlled the variation of the fault slip and ...

Keywords: Earthquake engineering, high temperature gas reactor, horizontal HTGR, reactor core, graphite block assembly, shake-table experiments, numerical simulations, analytical models Abstract: The ...

In their rapid characterization of the magnitude 6.8 Al Haouz earthquake in Morocco, researchers suggest that the earthquake ruptured roughly 25 kilometers deep beneath the surface. In their rapid ...

In what is being touted as the largest shake table test ever, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake was simulated on a seven-story condominium complex. Video courtesy: Simmons Strong-Ties.

The Southern California Earthquake Center will utilize the National Science Foundation grant to expand their earthquake modeling programs. (Brittany Shaw / Daily Trojan) The USC-based Southern ...

An international earthquake simulation drill is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 16. Campus community members for both the West Lafayette and Indianapolis locations are encouraged to participate in this ...

California’s Office of Emergency Services is shaking residents up. An earthquake simulator called the "Shake Trailer" is making a tour of the state this week to help people prepare for earthquakes in ...