Resisting the strongest earthquakes
As we move towards the future, more and more skyscrapers are being built and they get higher by the years. Revolutionary architectural designs and selection of materials are becoming increasing important in order to sustain the ever increasing mass and stability of such behemoths throughout the tests of natural weather and disasters (especially earthquakes). Video below shows a scaled down version of a building structure put through seismic tests of varying degrees, all the way from magnitude 7 to magnitude super-9, recorded to be the strongest ever encountered in whole of human history.
The test model building is calculated adequately to its scale (all connexions, beams and poles) to simulate the exact forces, mass, ductility (solid material's ability to deform under tensile stress) and any factors that comes along in a real world version, to attempt for simulating and verifying its endurance in a real seismic event. While such tests may not be 100% accurate in a real earthquake, but it does set the correct direction in modern architecture to safeguard cities in the event of inevitable natural disasters.
