SHERMAN ISLAND — A model levee wobbled and tossed as if it were on a giant waterbed but held up nearly intact during a series of simulated earthquakes Monday. The tests were meant to investigate a ...

Keywords: Molten salt, pebble-bed reactors; graphite reflector; annular tanks; seismic behavior; fluid-structure interaction; base isolation; design recommendations. Abstract: This report describes ...

Development technician Chad Justice, foreground, works with center director Bruce Kutter in the control room to chart the centrifuge data (seen on screen). Facility manager Dan Wilson is in the ...

The simulation, scheduled from 1 to 5 December 2025 at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, will place South Africa at the ...

The research, modeling an 8.0 quake in Southern California, was selected as a finalist for the Gordon Bell prize for outstanding achievement in high-performance computing applications A ...

The China Earthquake Catastrophe Model 2.0 is an important technological breakthrough in the country's catastrophe risk management field, said attendees of the model's launch event in late August.

UCSD researchers used an outdoor earthquake simulator to test the structural integrity of a seven story tall, 275 ton concrete and steel building. KPBS Reporter Erik Anderson has details. University ...

After a succession of eight separate earthquake simulations, a 110-foot long, 200-ton concrete bridge model at the University of Nevada, Reno withstood a powerful jolting, three times the acceleration ...

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, ...

A new fault simulator maps out how interactions between pressure, friction and fluids rising through a fault zone can lead to slow-motion quakes and seismic swarms. Earthquakes can be abrupt bursts of ...

Researchers have developed the world's most advanced earthquake shaking simulation. The "M8" simulation represents how a magnitude 8.0 earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault will shake a larger ...