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  • Do you remember 2011 Tokyo Earthquake, 2010 Chile, 2008 China, Earthquakes on J&K, Gujarat, California and many more?

    These are just a few I named here, but there were many earthquakes till date that caused many of lives and damage due to building collapse. This was in top of the mind for few scientist and they thought of doing a research to generate the artificial earthquake to shake the building in order to get the sustainable level by a building.

    A team led by Johns Hopkins structural engineers are trying to shake up a building themselves in the name of science and safety. They are assessing massive moving platforms and an array of sensors and cameras, the group are trying to find out how well a two-story building made of cold-formed steel can stand up to a lab-generated Southern California quake.The estimated cost of the project is expected to be $1 million.

    Seems weird, right?

    This is first of its kind research and if beneficial it may save millions of lives and damage caused by the earthquakes.

    Whats your views on, if successful can the technology be implemented in developed countries like India?

    -CB
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  • Saiwal

    Member • Aug 3, 2013

    shake tables are already available to simulate ground motions. how is the research you are talking about any better?
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  • Anil Jain

    Member • Aug 3, 2013

    Saiwal
    shake tables are already available to simulate ground motions. how is the research you are talking about any better?
    Shake tables are existing and probably this artificial shake by the above mentioned researcher group will also work on that principle. However there were few gaps till date that were not zeroing down the design,

    This is the first time a full building of cold-formed steel framing has ever been tested in this way.

    The researchers are replicating an earthquake in three directions beneath a building measuring 50 feet long, 20 feet wide and 20 feet tall.

    -CB
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  • Saiwal

    Member • Aug 3, 2013

    A six storey full scale building has already been tested on a shake table having three degrees of freedom in Japan
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    although it was done only for Kobe earthquake and the building was woodframe. Perhaps the steel framed structures is the new parameter.
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  • Anil Jain

    Member • Aug 3, 2013

    Saiwal
    although it was done only for Kobe earthquake and the building was woodframe. Perhaps the steel framed structures is the new parameter.
    Yes buddy,

    There is a vast difference between the design codes of wood frame and steel structure.

    -CB
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  • Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran

    Member • Aug 9, 2013

    We cant match the real earthquakes power and its effects on artificially created structures But it can be a boon to civil engineering field as it predicts the failure points.It also helps in selection of sections(beams),etc
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  • Anil Jain

    Member • Aug 9, 2013

    CSK AUTO
    We cant match the real earthquakes power and its effects on artificially created structures But it can be a boon to civil engineering field as it predicts the failure points.It also helps in selection of sections(beams),etc
    If you have no idea about this, you shouldn't be judgemental about the facts. 👀 👀
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  • Nayan Goenka

    Member • Aug 11, 2013

    You can never predict the epicenter of the earthquake and its intensity before hand. Also you never know the targeted area. It can be any types of building and of any height and width. How much can they simulate. They can't just test in on all types of buildings.
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  • Jeffrey Arulraj

    Member • Aug 11, 2013

    Nayan Goenka
    You can never predict the epicenter of the earthquake and its intensity before hand. Also you never know the targeted area. It can be any types of building and of any height and width. How much can they simulate. They can't just test in on all types of buildings.
    Earthquakes are predictable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_prediction" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Earthquake Prediction</a>
    Earth quake motion is predictable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Seismology</a>

    Man some times the answer is just a google away

    And I Found this as well if the building is actually on the crest of the propagation wave earth quake it is supposed to experience maximum damage
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