Building Design Pulls Structure Upright after Earthquake

Posted by admin on September 2nd, 2009 and filed under building design | 2 Comments »

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: http://www.stanford.edu Stanford news story: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/august31/quake-shaking-design-090109.html Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford

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2 Responses

  1. Timdotz Says:

    pretty cool
    pretty cool

  2. Oxydox Says:

    i don’t understand …
    i don’t understand half of what he’s saying but it sounds cool

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