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Old Posted Mar 2, 2018, 7:55 AM
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Let's really talk about absolute earthquake technology.

It is a method that uses a mechanism for joining the upper ends of a reinforced concrete wall with the ground in order to send in it the upward tensions created by the torque of the wall to prevent large displacements and tensions of the wearer occurring during the earthquake .
We have placed on a table two columns, one column screwed on the table, and the other simply put on the table. If one shifts on the table, the unbolted column will be overthrown. The bolted column withstands the lateral loading. We do exactly the same in every column of a building to withstand more lateral earthquake loading. That is done, by simply screwing it to the ground.
Basically, when the roof is connected to the ground through the patent rope, it limits the displacements of the floors (ie the drifts) and thus the intensity, which develops throughout the carrier, is limited.

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