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Background

Purpose

Hypothesis

Materials

 

Part One:

Earthquake Machine

 

Part Two:

Structural Modifications

Overlapping

Height

Buttresses

Base Isolators

Cross Braces

Roofs

 

Part Three:

Earthquake Resistant Buildings

 

Problems with my Experiment

 

Further Experimentation

 

Bibliography
During an earthquake in Japan in 1964, buildings fell over because the soil beneath them turned to quicksand (Seymour Simon, "The Wonders of Our World: Earthquakes")

Earthquake in Japan 1964. Soil turned

to quicksand beneath the buildings.

 

ShakeLess Structures:

DESIGNING AN EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDING

by

DEVON THOMSON

Grade 7

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