Overlooked mechanisms behind seismic damage
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چکیده
Photographs of aboveground and underground structural failures after earthquakes uncover simple but not widely recognized physics.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physics Today
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0031-9228', '1945-0699']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.3.4655