Building Design Pulls Structure Upright after Earthquake

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Stanford prof. Greg Deierlein, Civil and Environmental Engineering, explains how he used the worlds largest shake table to test a new steel frame design that not only confines earthquake damage to certain easily replaced parts but also lets buildings pull themselves back into plumb after the quake. Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu Stanford news story: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/august31/quake-shaking-design-090109.html Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford

Published 2009-09-01 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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