Largest simulated earthquake testing done at California university
by Katie Daniel | July 4, 2016 10:52 am
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A mid-rise cold-formed steel (CFS) building system built by SWS Panel and Truss was tested by the University of California San Diego’s (UCSD’s) engineering department[1] for earthquake durability.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), California Seismic Safety Commission, and industry sponsors partnered to perform a unique, experimental research program in mid-June. This research evaluates the earthquake and post-earthquake fire performance of mid-rise CFS-building systems through full-scale earthquake and live thermal testing of a six-story wall-braced system on a large outdoor shake table. Interior construction was equipped with seismic instrumentation of the building and its key structural components.
The test building was subject to low-amplitude white noise motions and sequentially increasing amplitude earthquake motions. The live thermal tests were conducted on two floors of the building—in the corridor and room-like spaces strategically designed to investigate thermal patterns that develop due to reduced compartmentation ensued during earthquake motions.
- University of California San Diego’s (UCSD’s) engineering department: http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/Englekirk/
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