7.5 MAG.Earthquake Simulation

Earthquake simulation test on a 6 storey timber building in Japan. The earthquake simulation tests is apparently tested to simulate a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

Orginal storey found here; http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsmedia/neeswood/index.jsp

“Basically, what happens during an earthquake in multiple-story building is something called a ’soft story,’” said civil engineer John van de Lindt of Colorado State University, who led the condo design. “It’s not as stiff as the story above it, and the earthquake demands more stiffness from the lower story. This can develop into a pancake collapse, which damages the building and can kill people.”
The new design distributes the stiffness vertically throughout the height of the building, van de Lindt said, to reduce the chance of a soft-story collapse.

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