Hosted on MSN

World’s first: Giant shaking table tests if 3D-printed homes can survive earthquakes

With the popularity of 3D-printed homes rising, University of Bristol scientists are using the UK’s largest shaking table to test their durability against earthquakes. As a rapidly emerging technology ...
Hosted on MSN

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 only one capable of testing a 10-story building. The shake table can support ...
Medicine Buffalo

Earthquake simulator experiments for validation of numerical models for seismic fluid-structure interaction analysis of advanced reactors

An experimental program using a 6 degree-of-freedom earthquake simulator at the University at Buffalo was executed to generate data for supporting validation of numerical models for seismic ...
Ars Technica

“Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection

On January 1, 2008, at 1:59 am in Calipatria, California, an earthquake happened. You haven’t heard of this earthquake; even if you had been living in Calipatria, you wouldn’t have felt anything. It ...
Medicine Buffalo

Media Advisory: UB to conduct earthquake building tests Thursday

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 ...