Vietnamese students won 2 prizes for the design of earthquake-proof houses

At the 13th earthquake proofing design competition (IDEERS) held in Taiwan (September 12-15, 2013), Duy Tan University (Da Nang) won the third prize and the Consolation Prize. .

Noah's anti-earthquake floating house design.(Photo: ashui.com)

This is an international competition sponsored by the British Council, which has a great reputation, which aims to help people cope and minimize damage to earthquakes. This contest has 99 teams from many different countries attended.

In 6 hours, only with wood, glue, elastic band, the group of students of Construction Department (Duy Tan University) has designed a 7-storey earthquake-resistant model, surpassing earthquake aftershocks that the organizers have and have earthquake resistance about 8 richter.

Last year, Duy Tan University won a consolation prize from this competition with a flexible, elastic, good-strength, flexible bamboo structure with the characteristics of Vietnamese bamboo but only withstands earthquakes of about 6 richter.