https://www.icyphoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=5682&p=38163#p38163
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Structor
Thu 09 Apr, 2009 05:25

Re: Earthquake In Italy
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My mother is in Italy this week, from what I was told in Ravena weren't big problems.

The buildings that collapsed were probably not been calculated to resist an earthquake at this scale (they are probably old buildings).  

The standards in Romania are very high in terms of seismic calculation of structures (as a result of high seismic risk in this zone), which causes me headaches when I project a building. But moments like this in Italy confirms us if there was any need to, that we cannot play with people's life and double check the calculations. Neither the builders!

Did you know that if we want to build o house with the technology and materials from year 1800, by our days seismic standards we will have to make the walls like 3 or 4 meters thickness?


