Shake table tests structural stability of cold-formed steel
building
Earthquakes never occur when you need one, so a team led by
Johns Hopkins structural engineers is shaking up a building themselves in the
name of science and safety.
Using massive moving platforms and an array of sensors and
cameras, the researchers are trying to find out how well a two-story building
made of cold-formed steel can stand up to a lab-generated Southern California
quake.