Shaking Buildings in the World’s Largest Earthquake Simulator

Posted by misnamed on Monday March 20, 2017 @09:10PM
from the 99percentinvisible.org dept.

http://99percentinvisible.org/article/earth-defense-shaking-buildings-worlds-largest-earthquake-simulator/

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Re:Shaking Buildings in the World’s Largest Earthquake Simul... by carlcortright on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @12:41PM (#13923883)

Somewhat related, there's some really cool history with other structures. Like rockets - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V_Dynamic_Test_Vehicle

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Re:Shaking Buildings in the World’s Largest Earthquake Simul... by futtetennista on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:41PM (#13924435)

This is just awesome! Does anybody know if other countries are using similar techniques? I'm thinking about Italy or Turkey for example, which had been repeatedly hit by earthquakes in recent years.

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