Video: Earthquake-Resilient Pipeline Could Shake Up Future for Aging Infrastructure on West Coast
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 13:01
in Earth & Climate
A top engineer from the city of Los Angeles visited Cornell University this month as researchers tested a new earthquake-resilient pipeline designed to better protect southern California's water utility network from natural disasters. The test mimicked a fault rupture that can occur during an earthquake when global plates begin to slip past each other, causing the ground to shift and deform.