Researchers have developed low-cost buckling-restrained braces that can give improved protection to constructions from earthquakes.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n Researchers from IIT Delhi have now developed a low-cost buckling-restrained brace under the <\/span>Fund<\/span> for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (FIST) programme.<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/span><\/p>\n Launch Year: <\/b>2000<\/span><\/p>\n Nodal Ministry: <\/b>Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology<\/span><\/p>\n Aim: <\/b>\u00a0To 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.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>\u00a0<\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>Low-cost super-elastic buckling restrained braces can improve earthquake resistance of structures<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>PIB\u00a0 <\/b>on<\/span> 19th May 2022.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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… Continue reading Low-cost super-elastic buckling restrained braces can improve earthquake resistance of structures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-185540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704863162},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What have the researchers developed?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What is the Fund<\/b> for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (FIST) programme?<\/b><\/h5>\n