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Advancing Earthquake Engineering Advancing Earthquake Engineering Education through a Cooperative Effort Education through a Cooperative Effort

Using Instructional Shake TablesUsing Instructional Shake Tables

Shirley J. DykeShirley J. DykeScott Johnson, Juan Caicedo, Scott Johnson, Juan Caicedo,

Tyler Ranf, Manuel Soto-FournierTyler Ranf, Manuel Soto-Fournier

Washington University in St. LouisWashington University in St. Louis

77thth US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering

Boston, MassachusettsBoston, Massachusetts

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AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgments

Support for UCIST from NSF Grant (DUE 9950340)

Mid-America Earthquake Center (Project ED-9) plus travel support for 7NCEE

Washington University in St. LouisQuanser Consulting


OutlineOutline

BackgroundObjectives of UCISTEquipment SelectionOutcomes to Date Example Outreach ActivitiesResearch ImplementationClosing


BackgroundBackground

HistoryProposed at 1998 Trilateral Earthquake Center Education meeting in St. LouisMAE Project ED-9: Instruc. Shake Tables NSF – DUE/CCLI Funding Obtained (DUE Grant No. 9950340 – Aug 1999)Consortium became operational in summer 2000


BackgroundBackgroundUniversity of Alaska – FairbanksUniversity of Hawaii

UC San Diego

UCLA

UC-Irvine

Univ. of Nevada – Las Vegas

Univ. or Nevada - Reno

UC DavisStanford

Oregon State Univ.

San Jose State Univ.

Penn State

UIUC

Southern Illinois Univ. - Edwardsville

Virginia TechWashington Univ.

Notre Dame

Univ. of Utah

CalPoly

Florida A& M

Currently over 50 Universities are members !


Objectives of UCISTObjectives of UCIST

To provide engineering studentsan understanding of structural dynamicsexperience with modern laboratory equipment and instrumentationexposure to innovative structural control techniques

To provide non-engineering studentsAwareness of potential consequences of earthquakes


Objectives of UCISTObjectives of UCIST

ApproachPurchase instructional shake tablesDevelop wide variety of experimentsShare experiments through web pageIntegrate experiments throughout undergraduate and graduate curriculaEnhance outreach activitiesEncourage undergraduate research


Equipment SelectionEquipment Selection

FunctionGenerator

PowerSupply

Shake Table

Building

Safety Feature

Shake Table

2 Story building

3 accelerometers

Power Unit & Computer

Data acquisition

Pendant controller

AMD (Optional)


Equipment SelectionEquipment Selection


Outcomes to DateOutcomes to Date

Experiments (Examples)

Introduction to Dynamics of StructuresK-12 Outreach Activities in Earthquake Engineering (Notre Dame)Earthquake-Resistant Bridge Competition for Introductory Engineering Students



Experiments (Examples)

Introduction to Dynamics of StructuresK-12 Outreach Activities in Earthquake Engineering (Notre Dame)Earthquake-Resistant Bridge Competition for Introductory Engineering Students



Other Representative ExperimentsDemonstration of Non-Structural Seismic Hazards in the HomeDynamic Behavior of Simple Soil-Structure SystemsLiquefaction Demonstration for the UCIST Shake TableSmall Shake Table Experiments and Comparison to Analytical Predictions


Outcomes to DateOutcomes to DateInteractive Tutorial on Pendant Operation

(by Keenan Bull, REU 2000)


Outcomes to DateOutcomes to DateVirtual Structural Dynamics Lab

(by Manuel Soto-Fournier, REU 2001)


Outreach ActivitiesOutreach Activities

Earthquake Awareness Weekend (Wash U)


Outreach ActivitiesOutreach Activities

K-12 Outreach (Notre Dame)


Research ImplementationsResearch Implementations

◙ Wave Model Verification Studies (Washington Univ.)


Research ImplementationsResearch Implementations


◙Wireless Sensor Development (Stanford Univ.)


Research ImplementationsResearch ImplementationsWebLab™

Animated ModelReal-time Video

Input Selection Output


◙Wireless Sensor Development (Stanford Univ.)

◙Telepresence Laboratory (Notre Dame)


ClosingClosing

Evaluation of the project’s impact is planned through…

Online surveys for faculty and studentsNumber of students exposed to projectWeb page statistics


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