Three-Story Structure Slammed in Magnitude 8 Earthquake on Shake Table

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Engineers at UC San Diegos Englekirk Center are testing the seismic response of precast concrete floor systems that are used in parking garages college dormitories hotels stadiums prisons and increasingly in office buildings.
Engineers at UC San Diego's Englekirk Center are testing the seismic response of precast concrete floor systems that are used in parking garages, college dormitories, hotels, stadiums, prisons and increasingly in office buildings.

Engineering researchers are subjecting a three-story structure resembling a parking garage to a sequence of earthquake "shake test" jolts as powerful as magnitude 8.0 as part of a series of seismic tests to help improve building codes across the nation.


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