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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September 10th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Pretty cool. I …
Pretty cool. I would be interested in finding out what level of energy is absorbed at those butterfly connections. How many of those would a building need to have in order for a significant amount of energy to be absorbed?
September 10th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
pretty cool
pretty cool
September 10th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
i don’t understand …
i don’t understand half of what he’s saying but it sounds cool