UCIST University Consortium on Instructional Shake Tables Shirley J. Dyke Washington University in St. Louis March 23, 2000

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UCISTUniversity Consortium on Instructional
Shake TablesShirley J. DykeWashington
University in St. LouisMarch 23, 2000
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UCIST Project Description

• Acquire bench-scale shake tables for
  undergraduate experiments
• Involves 23 universities from the three national
  earthquake centers (PEER, MCEER, MAE)
• Each university has purchased a shake table and
  is developing an experiment

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Goals and Objectives

• Develop a series of experiments to incorporate
  into undergraduate CE curriculum
• Improve students understanding of the dynamic
  nature of structures
• Provide exposure to non-engineering students
  about the potential consequences of earthquakes

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Project Activities

• Classroom Experiments
• Videos on Experiments
• Undergraduate and School Children Competitions
• CD-ROM of Experiments and Videos
• Undergraduate Research Projects
• Outreach Activities

Primary
Secondary
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Instructional Earthquake Simulator
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Classroom Activities
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Outreach Activities
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Research Projects
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Instructional Shake Table

• INCLUDES
• Shake Table
• 2 story building
• 3 accelerometers
• Computer
• Real-time control/data acquisition board
• Function generator

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Timeline
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Sample Experiments

• Demonstration of Lateral-Torsional Coupling in
  Buildings
• Seismic Response of Building Frames
• Demonstration of Non-Structural Seismic Hazards
  in the Home
• Dynamic Behavior of Simple Soil-Structure
  Systems
• Web-Controlled Shake Table
• K-12 Outreach Activities in Earthquake
  Engineering
• Demonstration Experiment of Sloshing Fluid Damper
  and Tuned Mass Damper

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Project Evaluation

• Evaluation is planned through the web site
• Each faculty/student involved will complete
  annual on-line surveys
• Web page statistics will provide external impact
  measures (domains, countries)

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Web Server Statistics
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Web Server Statistics (Countries)
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Future Directions

• Finalize example experiment
• Build a tutorial program for getting started
  using the shake tables
• On-line surveys for web site visitors

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• For more information
• http//ucist.cive.wustl.edu/