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10-story Mass Timber 'Rocking' Frame Sails Through Seismic Shake Tests
Engineering News Record | May 9, 2023

A 10-story mass timber ?rocking? frame, designed to be resilient enough to withstand powerful earthquakes with little or no structural damage, proved ...

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TallWood Project tests earthquake-resistant structure
Temblor | May 9, 2023

The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) TallWood Project, led by Pei and funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to in...

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San Diego Scientists Build 10-Story Building on a Quake-Shake Table
NBC 7 San Diego | May 9, 2023

The structure is the tallest ever built to simulate earthquake testing, reports NBC 7?s Shandel Menezes....

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UW researchers test how timber structures could withstand an earthquake
KOMO News, Seattle, Wash. | May 9, 2023

University of Washington researchers are in San Diego conducting earthquake tests with the tallest building ever on a shake table. This project pushes...

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Wood or would not? Earthquake test to study how 10-story timber building stands up to Seattle shake
GeekWire | May 8, 2023

Researchers from the University of Washington are taking part in a project to determine how a 10-story building made entirely out of timber will perfo...

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New Wearable Device Helps Evaluate the Stiffness of Human Tissue
AzoSensors | May 4, 2023

An engineers' group at the University of California San Diego has come up with a stretchable ultrasonic array that streamlines serial, non-invasive, t...

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