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What is the News?
Researchers have developed low-cost buckling-restrained braces that can give improved protection to constructions from earthquakes.
What have the researchers developed?
The earthquake resistance of civil structures is often improved by using seismic force-resisting systems or vibration control devices. Buckling-restrained braces are the special structural elements that serve both purposes.
Researchers from IIT Delhi have now developed a low-cost buckling-restrained brace under the Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (FIST) programme.
These braces can give improved protection to constructions from earthquakes. The braces also have several advantages such as all-steel components, onsite fabrication and assembling process, post-earthquake inspection and easy replacement.
What is the Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (FIST) programme?
Launch Year: 2000
Nodal Ministry: Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology
Aim: To provide basic infrastructure and enabling facilities for promoting R&D activities in new and emerging areas and attracting fresh talents in universities & other educational institutions.
Source: The post is based on the article “Low-cost super-elastic buckling restrained braces can improve earthquake resistance of structures” published in PIB on 19th May 2022.
