Engineers test effects of fire on steel structures, nuclear plant design

Engineers test effects of fire on steel structures, nuclear plant design
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 06, 2011 - Ten years after 9/11, researchers at Purdue University are continuing work that could lead to safer steel structures such as buildings and bridges and also an emerging type of nuclear power plant design. "I want people to understand that in the last 10 years we've not been quiet," said Amit Varma, a Purdue associate professor of civil engineering. "We've been working to make structures bet ... more