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Earthquake Shake Tests at UC San Diego Toward 20-story Earthquake-safe Buildings Made from Wood
July 18, 2017
Engineering researchers are putting a two-story wooden structure through a series of powerful earthquake simulations at the University of California San Diego shake table this week. The goal is to gather the data required to design wood buildings as tall as 20 stories that do not suffer significant damage during large earthquakes. Full Story