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İstanbul SHM

How Structural Health Monitoring Can Make İstanbul a Smart City?

Istanbul the largest populated city in Europe is considered to be a likely candidate to experience a major earthquake during the next few decades...

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Dilemma Hospital

Evacuate or Not-a Dilemma Of Hospitals After an Earthquake and How Can Artificial Intelligence Help?

After a strong shaking, hospitals may face pressing challenges including whether to utilize or evacuate structures, restore interrupted...

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izmit earthquake

COMPARING EXPECTED EARTHQUAKE SHAKING IN ISTANBUL WITH THE 1999 M7.6 IZMIT EARTHQUAKE

In 1999, the magnitude 7.6 quake devastated part of northwest Turkey, not far from Istanbul [~70 km (43 mi) away from the earthquake's...

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Dam Monitoring

Proper monitoring can provide early damage detection and intervention for dams

When disaster strikes, we are all at risk! But the unprepared ones get hit the hardest. Today, at least 1,680 dams across the U.S. rated...

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Bridge Monitoring

What You Need To Know About Proper Monitoring Of Bridges For Early Damage Detection And Intervention

There are about 56,000 structurally deficient bridges in the U.S., and these bridges accommodate on average 188 million trips...

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Puerto Rico Earthquake

How Structural Health Monitoring Can Help Puerto Rico Struck By More Than 500 Earthquakes In Two Weeks

Jan, 7th magnitude 6.4 earthquake killed one and injured at least eight people in Puerto Rico. This earthquake nucleated off the island's...

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Tunnel Monitoring

On The Importance Of Monitoring Tunnels For Proper Seismic Safety Assessment And Risk Management

Monitoring tunnels for vibrations and deformations is not only critical during the construction phase but also their service life...

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Tunnel Monitoring

DAM FAILURES IN MIDLAND, MICHIGAN – WHEN A DISASTER HITS, WILL YOU BE PREPARED?

The Edenville Dam collapsed and Sanford Dam breached in Midland, Michigan on May 19 after days of heavy rain...

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Aging Dams

AGING DAMS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND EARTHQUAKES – HOW CAN MONITORING HELP TO PREVENT DISASTERS?

Devastating climate change, including killer heat waves and severe flooding, adversely affects the infrastructures ...

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