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03-12-2013, 11:49 AM | #61 |
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03-12-2013, 09:46 PM | #62 |
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The waves of energy from an earthquake create a "whiplash" effect in buildings, with damage being much more concentrated where the "whip" energy of the earthquake, reverses itself - "cracking".
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03-13-2013, 06:04 AM | #63 |
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That was the sort of thing I was thinking, maybe involving some kind of harmonics in the building and the frequency of the earthquake waves.
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