We all know how much damage can be caused due to an earth quake for the buildings. Every one of us might be thinking of methods to reduce the damage caused due to earth quake and protect the houses and buildings. There is a good news now...
Scientists have tested a prototype of a seismic invisibility cloaks experimentally in France. So buildings vulnerable to earth quakes can be shielded from damage by surrounding them with these seismic invisibility cloaks. The concept is to create protective barriers which divert earth quake energy away from sensitive facilities like nuclear power plants.
Computational Physicist Mr. Sebastien Guenneau and his colleagues at the Institut Fresnel have invented a method which involves modifying the ground around a building to divert the seismic waves thereby cloaking the structure from an earth quake.
For more details please read the article on Seismic Cloaks to minimize damage due to Earth quake from the www.physicsworld.com website.
Scientists have tested a prototype of a seismic invisibility cloaks experimentally in France. So buildings vulnerable to earth quakes can be shielded from damage by surrounding them with these seismic invisibility cloaks. The concept is to create protective barriers which divert earth quake energy away from sensitive facilities like nuclear power plants.
Computational Physicist Mr. Sebastien Guenneau and his colleagues at the Institut Fresnel have invented a method which involves modifying the ground around a building to divert the seismic waves thereby cloaking the structure from an earth quake.
For more details please read the article on Seismic Cloaks to minimize damage due to Earth quake from the www.physicsworld.com website.
