/ Center for Geotechnical Modeling Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /blog/investigating-bridges-under-pressure <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Can a bridge withstand an earthquake? One of the big unknowns is how far a bridge might settle from seismic shaking, especially if the shaking triggers a quicksand-like soil response called&nbsp;liquefaction.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> July 12, 2022 - 10:04am Andy Fell /blog/investigating-bridges-under-pressure /curiosity/news/snakeskin-inspired-pilings-could-stabilize-buildings <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Buildings, bridges and offshore infrastructure might one day stand on pilings modeled on snakeskin, based on research at the University of California, Davis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. With surfaces designed to move through soil more easily in one direction than the other, snakeskin pilings would be easier to drive into soil but difficult to pull out. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> May 24, 2021 - 12:35pm Andy Fell /curiosity/news/snakeskin-inspired-pilings-could-stabilize-buildings