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> Actually it does. Wood is flexible in ways the most of your stronger materials are not You don't need to flex, and dissipate energy if you can simply withsta
by baybal2 6y ago
> Actually it does. Wood is flexible in ways the most of your stronger materials are not
You don't need to flex, and dissipate energy if you can simply withstand earthquake G forces through strength alone. And even if you do, steel is obviously better at energy dissipation.
- bluGill 6y agoProblem is things that don't flex also don't absorb the energy of earthquakes. Wood is more than strong enough and withstands earthquakes. Same for steel. Not true for brick, which is really a terrible building material, and almost always what people mean when they say we should build of something stronger than wood.