Discover the characteristics of Earthquake-resistant building designs and how those characteristics influence the structural integrity.

Earthquake resistant design of buildings and structures depends on strength, stiffness and inelastic deformation capacity to withstand earthquake forces.

Is it possible to build an earthquake proof building?

Earthquake-resistant or aseismic structures are designed to protect buildings to some or greater extent from earthquakes . While no structure can be entirely immune to damage from earthquakes, the goal of earthquake-resistant construction is to erect structures that fare better during seismic activity than their conventional counterparts. According to building codes , earthquake-resistant structures are intended to withstand the largest earthquake of a certain probability that is likely to occur at their location.This means the loss of life should be minimized by preventing collapse of the buildings for rare earthquakes while the loss of the functionality should be limited for more frequent ones.