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What is earthquake resistance?

April 26, 2017earthquake resistance

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What is earthquake resistance?

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FRP structures are especially built for hurricane and storms in USA and Canada. These structures are more resistant than steel and wooden structures. FRP structures work against immediate and very strong strengths during earthquake. They can flex, twist and deflect versus this force; however, when these forces go away FRP structures get back to their origins with no deformation. FRP profiles are 1/5 weight of steel and when they compared with tensile strength, they have 2.5 times higher than steel material. Steel constructions use inflectional sheet metal whereas AYD prefabricated use at least two times more wall thickness of empty, U and H profiles. Even they constructed with ticker profiles, they are lighter and resistant than steel structures. Their lightness gives them an advantage of exposing less earthquake loads.