[Cob] cob model stands up to massive earthquake

[Ian Marcuse]

Pictures of the model and the building process are already up on the 
website. Go to photo diary and look for UBC research in the archives.

Ian
www.stanleyparkcob



>Yay!
>
>I guess we'll see the shape of the building when you get up pictures 
>(how much in the way of buttresses and so on, not what shape it was 
>in after the test--we got told that!).
>
>I've seen videos of truck cabs on the shake tables back when I 
>worked for a truck manufacturer.  Shake tables are pretty exciting.
>
>Ian wrote (snipped):
>However, technical difficulties with the shake table hydraulics resulted in
>the table repeatedly contacting the bumper pads, delivering massive shocks
>and subjecting the model to excessive forces.
>
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