Mexican Scientists Develop Cost-Effective Earthquake Protection for Buildings
UNAM engineers develop innovative seismic energy dissipators to protect buildings from earthquakes. These devices reduce damage, are cost-effective, and can be installed in new or existing structures. The technology is being transferred to industry for widespread use.
At the UNAM Engineering Institute (II), experts are developing seismic energy dissipators that reduce the effects of earthquakes on buildings, which is why the goal of ensuring that building structures are not damaged by earthquakes, even those of greater magnitude, and are very safe, is close to being achieved.
The team headed by Héctor Guerrero Bobadilla has innovated various devices—one of which has already been patented, transferred, and marketed by a company—that have advantages such as their cost, that they can be installed in existing or new buildings, and, in some cases, that they do not need to be replaced, due to their great dissipation capacity.
