When we used to have earthquakes, I was heavily into making useful instruments. The thing that has changed is that sensitive accelerometer testing boards are now 2 bucks, and I can have AI write Python programs.
I am convinced that earthquake engineering has lost its way, or that nobody builds anything anymore, with the concept of earthquake resistance. When earthquakes finally come back, we are going to see incredible destruction, and everybody will accuse me of being ghoulish.
Every building should have lots of 2 buck accelerometers all over the place. You can calculate the baseline response, and if there is an earthquake, you have proof of damage. At the moment, it is just 'hand waving' on whether to allow a building to be used again.
So, I will continue my fruitless quest.
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