Fuente: UC Berkeley NewsCenter: Technology & Engineering
Expuesto el: jueves, 27 de mayo de 2010 21:07
Autor: UC Berkeley NewsCenter: Technology & Engineering
Asunto: Earthquake simulation shows off the potential for safer bridges
With a series of computer-controlled earthquakes, simulating some of the most devastating in recent memory, engineers from Berkeley's Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) showed off new technology designed to keep bridges not just from collapsing in a catastrophic temblor but open to traffic. A 30-foot scale-model bridge, set up on the shake table (earthquake simulator) at the Richmond Field Station, was the star of the show, put on by Berkeleys Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER). Published: 27 May |