Earthquake Test- Building Better Homes -- Improving Structural Engineering with Earthquake Simulator

Improving Structural Engineering with Earthquake Simulator January 1, 2007 — To develop designs that can survive extreme seismic events, and to devise retrofit solutions for older homes, civil engineers who specialize in structural design test realistic models of homes in earthquake simulators. They place the homes on two adjacent shake tables designed to move in three directions, creating realistic earthquake motions. Cameras and accelerometers measure the rate of movement. BUFFALO, NY -- Homes are made to withstand the test of time. But the ultimate test is one that can survive a large-scale earthquake. And simulating an earthquake in a lab helps improve homes in real quake zones. Most people don't ever want to experience an earthquake. "I experienced a very strong earthquake in 1997 in Athens," Ioannis Christovasilis, an Earthquake Structures Graduate Student at University at Buffalo in NY, tells DBIS. "I was a little bit frightened, yes." University at Buffalo Structural Engineer Andre Filiatrault says, "We had an aftershock, maybe a magnitude five ... That was pretty dicey. You felt the shaking work up." But today, Filiatrault is eager to watch an earthquake simulator shake this house to a magnitude 6.7 quake. The full-scale, fully furnished home is built like many in earthquake zones, but prone to damage. The test shows how much shaking a wood home can endure. Filiatrault says, "We shook this building past its so-called design level. We shook it to an extreme event ...

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Building Design Pulls Structure Upright afterwards Earthquake

Stanford prof. Greg Deierlein, Civil and Environmental Engineering, explains how he used the worlds largest shake table to test a new steel frame design that not only confines earthquake damage to certain easily replaced parts but also lets buildings pull themselves back into plumb after the quake. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford news story news.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

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Visions 33: Nursing Mannequins and Earthquake Research

Nurses play an integral role in the day to day care of many sick and injured people across Australia and the world. But how do they hone their skills? Visions looks at how a new set of interactive and responsive nursing mannequins at the University of Melbournes School of Nursing and Social Work are helping improve tomorrow's nurses today. Our second story takes a closer look at the structural integrity of some of Carlton's more iconic architecture, and whether it could withstand an earthquake. More information Model Patients Boost Nursing Students' Skills: High-tech mannequins are the star recruits at the University of Melbourne School of Nursing and Social Work's new simulation ward. The mannequins and the ward give nursing students the chance to hone their skills in a realistic environment before they head out for their clinical training in hospitals. The new ward -- at Level 5, 234 Queensberry Street Carlton - will be open on Open Day on Sunday 17 August. For additional information on the School of Nursing and Social Work go to www.nursing.unimelb.edu.au. For more info on Open Day go to http Demolition Earthquake Research: An Office of Housing project has enlisted the expertise of The University of Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology and Delta Demolitions to assess how medium -high rise public housing behave under seismic conditions. It is a rare occurrence that Australian researchers get to test urban buildings for their performance under earthquake ...

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