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

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

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

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

Instructional Earthquake Simulator

Classroom Activities CE 146: Intro to Civil Engrg CE 336: Structural Materials Lab

Outreach Activities

Research Projects

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

Timeline Fall 1999 Develop Specs Funding Obtained CD-ROM Assembled Spring 2001 Prototype Testing Spring 2000 Deliver Shake Tables Summer 2000 Fall 2000 Develop Experiments

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

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)

Web Server Statistics otenet.gr ucsd.edu pc0027.co.uk ucdavis.edu nd.edu wsu.edu cornell.edu edu.au cols.net aae.ac.jp psu.edu duke.edu unican.es

Web Server Statistics (Countries)

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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