Researchers at the University of Sharjah have developed a new earthquake damper that works without electricity. Designed by professor Moussa Leblouba, the device uses steel balls, rods and friction to ...
The patent document describes the invention as unique since it merely relies on containers filled with sand or other granular material to protect a building’s structure from damage or failure during ...
Earthquakes can cause serious damage to buildings, but this new invention has the potential to mitigate some of that damage without needing electricity.
What happens when a big earthquake hits and the power goes out at the same time? A University of Sharjah engineer thinks the answer might be a device that needs no electricity at all. Civil ...
The imperative for such innovation in that field is massive. For instance, despite lasting only 20 seconds, the 1995 earthquake that struck Kobe, Japan destroyed 100,000 buildings, and the 2011 ...
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