Can you build an 8-storey block and brick structure building? or are structural limitations too great?
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It can be done structurally, but the cost and time neccessary to do so would make it impractical.  Plus the limitation on the size of window openings and the thickness of the walls in the lower stories would make it ineffecient from a space standpoint.  Chicago's Monadnock Building is an example of a tall, load-bearing masonry office building.
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There is a point at which no structure can withstand an earthquake, but the main ways currently used are:\nA. The building has the ability to flex to some degree.\nB. They are constructed on large rollers or ball bearings.\nC. They are constructed on large hydraulic pistons or springs.\n\nThe Japanese lead in this technology.
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Well, you didn't say whether you're building a building, a bridge, a trestle, a tower, or other structure.  But you could start with some general articles, like this Wikipedia article, which has links to specific sites which give some specifications.\n\nThe other link gets properties for different I-beam sizes--I presume you understand the terminology well enough to read the resulting tables.
181600
the needed papers/license to build something like that.\n\nThe construction should be checked also before building (strong enough etc)
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This is really a question that Architects and Structural Engineers have been trying to resolve. The problem is that the more that you go up, the more pressure you place on the earth, as well as the increase of size of columns that are required at the lower levels. \n\nThe ultimate theory of a skyscraper (though not really a building) is a space elevator, or a conveyance system from the earth to a space station in geosyncerous (sp) orbit.\n\nOne thing is for certain: as new materials are being created & discovered (carbon nano-tubes), skyscrapers will get higher and higher.
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The strongest structure (and consequently the hardest to build correctly) is a dome, all forces are distrubuted evenly across the entire structure down to the ground with no weak points.\n\nHow you'd make a dome out of paper however, I have no idea!!
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The surface on which the structure is being built.
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can you give more details, maybe we can build it together...
926220
Use a floating point, or gimbaled hydralic plates to adjust as needed. this is also a known Earthquake Resistant design.
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I don't think height alone makes much difference.  Construction style and materials is a much bigger issue.  But between two buildings which are identical in every way except height, I would the taller one is more succeptible to collapse because its center of mass is higher.
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Well... if you've already boought the factory, you better start selling the bricks.\n\nOtherwise that's alot to ask of someone to answer in this forum... pony up and hire somebody.
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To someone wanting to build a house?
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It would be a great lead-in to a unit on building and construction – why some structures are better suited for certain environments and climates.\n\nBrickmaking with and without various components might be a hands-on activity.\n\nThere might also be room for stressing the importance of teamwork (working together against the wolf, problem-solving as a group, brainstorming, etc.)\n\nIs that what you were looking for?
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Mostly flexible structures.\nBuildings that are built to bend or move with the tremors, Bridges that can twist. If the structures can flex then they do not break (Cocktail stick versus rubber band). Some buildings collapse when they resonate (vibrating in tune with the earthquakes) Building designers can use different materials or different designs to stop resonance. Round buildings instead of square, thicker or thinner walls or make buildings modular ( like bricks stacked on top of each other.
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I really doesn't understand your question. Probably you need a structural engineer is the bldg. is three stories or more depending on the project state or country. He or She should sign all the structural drawings.
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http://www.builderspace.com/directories/architects.html?OVRAW=addressess%20of%20large%20architecture%20companies.%3F&OVKEY=architecture%20company&OVMTC=advanced
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well there are earthquakes problems, also if the ground you are about to lay your foundation is too soft that you can't really built anything big on top of it like the leaning tower of pisa.  Also right now there is a problem with building materials, the prices are going up because in China there are a lot of new buildings being made, causing some projects here to be either cancelled or stopped because of the the price for materials.