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| Project Description: |
Elliot Field Structural Engineering Field
Station for UCSD will have the world's first outdoor earthquake
shake table. The shake table will be the largest in existance
and will allow researchers to test full scale structures up
to six stories high. The shake table and adjacent soil testing
pits will offer applications for buildings, bridges and other
structures. Researchers will be able to use cranes and heavy
equipment to build test subjects on the 40' x 25' table. Initial
testing will be horizontal with future upgrades planned to allow
tri-axial testing to occur.
The building will house hydraulic actuators, offices, control
facilities and a mezzanine for visitor viewing of the testing.
A future building bay will contain a hydraulic blast simulator.
Funding for this project is a joint effort between the National
Science Foundation, Caltrans and UCSD. The total cost is estimated
at $10.9 million. |
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