Re: thinking of anyone here in SoCal

"Lizzy Taylor" <lizzy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
FarmI wrote:
"Lizzy Taylor" <lizzy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

Hence the fact that most high rise buildings are now built with clever
concrete & re-bar systems. The Japanese have taken this on board too.

Gee that's most interesting. I hadn't heard of a new system being
around.

How does this building system differ from Frank Lloyd Wright's
architectural work in Japan in the (I think) ???1920s??? I recall that
his name was mud in the US at the time and his work surviving earthquakes
in Japan was what saved his bacon in the US and allowed him to go on and
do the Guggenheim and Fallingwater etc. I'd thought that Wright's
innovative rigid core design that he used in Japan was later used in the
West and was still the basis for high rise buildings but obviously I'm
out of touch. What's the name of the architect who came up with the
current system?

Possibly re-bar was the wrong word. Some buildings have steel frames and
the infilling concrete is also re-barred for its own strength. AIUI this
eliminates the brick spitting effect (no bricks!) and also stops the
concrete from losing its structural strength when it is sheared.

Here is some reading:

http://japan-in-focus.blogspot.com/2007/02/japans-amazing-earthquake-technology.html -
old & new technology here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_retrofit

The Japanese did a lot of work on this type of thing after the Kobe
earthquake. Unfortunately while it is easy to find abstracts of relevant
academic papers it is not so easy to see the full paper unless you are
searching from inside a university system that has paid up for e-access to
journals.

Thanks for the cites Lizzy but unfortunately neither gave me the relevant
information.


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