| Devon Thomson ShakeLess Structures: Designing an Earthquake Resistant Building
Division: | Sciences de la santé | Catégorie: | Junior | Région: | Annapolis Valley | Ville: | Wolfville, NS | École: | Wolfville School | Sommaire: | Models of earthquake resistant buildings constructed of unattached wooden blocks were stabilized using several structural modifications: overlapping blocks, building height, buttresses, base isolators (marbles in a box), roofs and cross braces. Experiments were conducted on a homemade earthquake machine. Buildings of overlapped blocks on a base isolator were most stable. |
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