Research at the shake table is far from complete. Right now, the site is buzzing with activity as engineers get ready to put to the test a 10-story cold-formed steel building this summer.

The earthquake shake table was ready to go as the test building towered above it. In about half an hour, the table would start moving, and Ben Schafer was ready to see how the 10-story tower would ...

Buildings made of mass timber – layers of wood bonded together – are gaining popularity as greener and faster alternatives to concrete and steel structures. With new building codes recently updated to ...

A "shake table" using steel beams and hydraulics to mimic seismic activity is receiving its biggest experiment yet: a 10-story wooden building Search for: Science ...

The UC San Diego shake table, located on an industrial lot off Pomerado Road, is the only outdoor facility of its kind in the ...

UCSD's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center is testing a 10-story cold steel-form structure on the world's largest shake table to gather data on how it would perform during an earthquake and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Members of the news media are invited to the University at Buffalo on Thursday, Dec. 21, for earthquake tests that could help lead to millions of buildings nationwide being safer from ...

May 9 shake table tests at UC San Diego included simulations of magnitude-6.7 and magnitude-7.7 quakes. Courtesy Colorado School of Mines, UC San Diego, NEHRI TallWood Project ...

UC San Diego's shake table tests earthquake resilience on a full-scale wood building with over 200 simulations, aiming to enhance California's seismic safety. Skip Navigation.

Research conducted by Civil Engineering Professor Keri Ryan and her team last May is advancing the relatively new field of non-structural earthquake engineering. The team’s work was part of a ...

A 10-story tower mostly made of wood withstood a simulated 7.7 earthquake on UC San Diego’s outdoor shake table Tuesday, underscoring a belief by some engineers that such structures could safely ...