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SMATCH: Seismic Base Isolated Nuclear Power Plant Shaken by a Real Earthquake

Principia has participated in the SMATCH international benchmark, in the context of our seismology-related activities within the nuclear industry.

Reflections on the 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake

The earthquake was the strongest instrumentally recorded event ever felt in Morocco. Indeed, it appears to be the strongest in...

Friction

The complexity of the origin of friction makes it hard to study it using first principles and it must therefore...

Induced seismicity

Various human actions may modify the natural seismic activity, a process termed induced seismicity.

A new life for LNG tanks

At times, it occurs that a LNG import facility must be reconverted into an export one.

Seismic isolation

Seismic isolation attempts both to decrease the loads that the earthquake transmits to the structure and, to some extent, also...