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Boing Boing on MSN6d
World's largest earthquake simulator tests 10-story building
The University of California, San Diego, has the largest outdoor shake table, or earthquake simulator, in the world - the ...
Tech Xplore on MSN7d
Earthquake simulator to test 10-story steel-framed building
A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator at the University of ...
Tech Xplore on MSN1d
We Are Safer During and After Earthquakes Thanks to UC San Diego’s Shake Table
In short, the United States and the entire world are safer from earthquakes thanks to 20 years of testing life-sized buildings and other large structures at UC San Diego’s large, outdoor earthquake ...
Marin Independent Journal10h
Bay Area lab charts breakthrough in imaging earthquakes
An instrument called an interrogator allows researchers to effectively hijack fiber optic cables for use as thousands of ...
NBC Los Angeles7mon
California earthquakes: Preparing for the big one
In this special from NBC 7, you will learn about the science behind earthquakes, the technology for early ... building ever tested in an earthquake simulator. The Tallwood project, a 10-story ...
The Independent5mon
A ‘non-destructive’ tsunami was spotted after California’s earthquake. Simulations show the dangers of a real one
However, recent research from academics at the California Institute of Technology ... larger earthquakes could result in much worse outcomes. open image in gallery A simulation shows tsunami ...
UC San Diego Today13d
10-story Steel-framed Building to be Put to the Test on UC San Diego Earthquake Simulator
A 10-story cold-formed steel-framed building will soon be put to the test on an earthquake simulator at the University of ...