Shaking Replica of an Historic Masonry Building: Simulating Strong Earthquakes

Tune in tomorrow, July 9, for live streaming video. See UC San Diego researchers shake a three-story, 1920s era masonry building on the world’s largest outdoor shake table during a series of simulated earthquakes ranging from about 5.0-7.0 in magnitude.

Web cam links: (updated thursday morning before testing)

http://oneiros.sdsc.edu/~neesit/Shing-Englekirk1.jnlp
http://oneiros.sdsc.edu/~neesit/Shing-Englekirk2.jnlp
http://137.110.165.19/appletvid.html

If you have trouble viewing in IE, try Firefox or another browser or try:
http://oneiros.sdsc.edu/~neesit/Shing-Englekirk3.jnlp

We'll be following the tests via this blog and the Jacobs School's Twitter profile tomorrow.
http://twitter.com/UCSDJacobs

Thursday's test builds on shakes performed on a similar structure last November. Watch a related video here and read more via the link below. The tests will be performed at the UCSD Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.

http://cse-ece-ucsd.blogspot.com/2008/11/shaking-up-old-building.html