
As you may have read in last week’s issue, last Tuesday (USA time), the researchers simulated two of the largest earthquakes in recent decades — the 6.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Northridge, California, in 1994, and the 7.7 Chi-Chi earthquake that struck Taiwan in 1999 and killed more than 2,400 people. First they “played” the Northridge earthquake on the simulator for five minutes before turning to the Chi-Chi earthquake, watching the building all throughout the process. What scientists discovered after simulating an earthquake on a 10-story wood building – the building was “dancing” underneath the simulator, they said.
Tallwood “danced,” Shiling Pei, associate professor at the Colorado School of Mines, told ABC News. It’s a sign the construction was a success. “The building moved around just like a tree in a windstorm,” he added.
Click here to read more and watch a video of the test.
Recent Articles

Norway: Former airport to become a school

All-Wood Wrapped in a Steel ‘Rain Jacket’

University of Canterbury promotes mass timber solutions

One for the Engineers – Buckling Restraint Design Information

Mass Timber for Affordable Housing in Connecticut

Modular Homes using CLT – Forterra in Washington

Red Stag Timberlab: Video tour of New Zealand’s only purpose-built CLT plant

Acoustic Design Tools from Rothoblaas

(NZ) New Builds set to Pay for Climate Change
