My third year university thesis was entitled “the effect of earthquakes on unreinforced masonry and adobe low cost housing”. After computer simulations and a modelling an earthquake on a one tenth size building frame, basically the conclusion was: – they fall down.
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It doesn’t take an engineering degree to see that the effect of two earthquakes is twice as devastating. After a second earthquake today – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32701385 – the people of Nepal need even more help and support. http://www.dec.org.uk/appeals/nepal-earthquake-appeal