EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDINGS: AN OVERVIEW

Abstract: Earthquakes are unexpected and uncontrolled catastrophic events. However it is dreaded all over the world, earthquakes are not the significant reason for injury or death at the point when they strike. It is generally expected the structures and the environment around them that put individuals in danger. The paper basically investigates on the factor that leads to the failure of structure during earthquake, base isolation and tuned mass damper technique which is used to make a building earthquake resistant and also highlight the materials used to build earthquake resistant buildings.

Keywords: Earthquake, Failure of structure, Resistant building.