Testing Seismic Isolation with Real-time Hybrid Simulation

Testing Seismic Isolation with Real-time Hybrid Simulation

Author: Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure June 7, 2022 Duration: 10:38

University of Oklahoma earthquake engineer Scott Harvey is developing a base isolation system to protect valuable and sensitive contents inside buildings. He employed the shake table at the NHERI Lehigh University experimental facility to learn how his isolation system behaves under shaking. In his next experiments, Harvey will deploy the magic of real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) to numerically simulate buildings with his physical device -- using NHERI Lehigh’s well-known RTHS capabilities.

Video footage of Harvey’s isolation system on the NHERI Lehigh shake table: https://www.facebook.com/NHERILehighRTMD

Harvey’s NSF base isolation research : https://sites.google.com/view/harveyresearchgroup/research-projects/3d-seismic-isolation?authuser=0

A description of Harvey’s isolation system at NHERI Lehigh: https://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/projects/quantifying-seismic-resilience-multi-functional-floor-isolation/

 

This video is supported by NSF grant #2129782: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2129782 


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