1. Dr. J.N.Jha Dean (Testing & Consultancy Cell) Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana Punjab The EQ Tips for Creating Safe Built Environment
2. Latest in the Series of Natural Disasters: Earthquake in Indian Ocean on 26 th December 2004 Generating Huge Tsunami Waves Killing Thousands
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15. Local Convective Currents in the Mantle The Circulations Convection currents develop in the viscous Mantle, because of prevailing high temperature and pressure gradients between the Crust and the Core, like the convective flow of water when heated in a beaker
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17. Types of Inter-Plate Boundaries Convergent Boundary Transform Boundary Divergent Boundary The convective flows of Mantle material cause the Crust and some portion of the Mantle, to slide on the hot molten outer core. This sliding of Earth’s mass takes place in pieces called Tectonic Plates .
20. The slip generated at the fault during earthquakes is along both vertical and horizontal directions (called Dip Slip ) and lateral directions (called Strike Slip ) with one of them dominating sometimes. Large strain energy released during an earthquake travels as seismic waves in all directions through the Earth’s layers, reflecting and refracting at each interface.
23. Direction of Energy Transmission Motions caused by Body and Surface Waves ( Adapted from FEMA 99, Non-Technical Explanation of the NEHRP Recommended Provisions)
24. Direction of Energy Transmission Motions caused by Body and Surface Waves ( Adapted from FEMA 99, Non-Technical Explanation of the NEHRP Recommended Provisions)
128. How to reduce EQ effects on Building a) Base isolation device - Idea behind base isolation is to detach (isolate) the buildings from the ground in such a way that EQ motions are not transmitted up through the building or at least reduced b) Seismic Dampers - Special devices introduced in the building to absorb the energy provided by the ground motion to the building