There are going to test a 6 story wooden structure and see how it does. I would have liked to see window and doors in it though.
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heck ,i've been known to kick my work real hard ,to see it fall apart.
built a patio cover years ago, no real roof just lots of lattice. i didn't concern my self with structural loads,who cares it doesn't have a roof
, first good snow,the thing fell down. man did it make a lot of noise!
the older i get ,
the more people tick me off
So where do we get to see the actual test? The prelim was none too impressive.
k
I'll be watching that very closely, should be interesting and wood will probably hold up better then most imagine. Just five years ago, they built a six story hotel of wood within two miles of where I live and it's within three miles of the Hayward fault.
So, any link to the video of the bigger test? I missed the live webcast.
k
Yeah - I can't find it!
Forrest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4nLwwXhEag
awesome!
I loved the interior view at 1:50.
thanks for the link!
k
Okay, nothin personal, but that was frickin bullcrap. I wen through one earthquake in 90 in s. cal and it lasted alot longer than the 5-10 seconds they did, like a lifetime and it was only a 5.8. even if they shook it really hard quick.... shake it again at a 5.9 for 45 seconds. great it lasted once, but it might be shot. no one knows from that video. show us the conections after that fact. then shake that sucker again. it's already built on your platform.
To me that video raises alot more questions than it answers. like, if I'm livin in a simpson building, do I need to move after a quake?
give me some longvity specs.
cool nontheless
To me that video raises alot more questions than it answers. like, if I'm livin in a simpson building, do I need to move after a quake?
A better question would be "can I move after an earthquake" i.e. am I alive?
Seems like I heard an engineer describing some sort of sheerwall nailing scheme. He said the goal was preservation of people, not buildings. He went on to say that the wall nails were more or less sacrifical and the wall would most likely be toast after a bad seismic event.
Seem like asking alot to build a structure to with stand multiple quakes. if you can walk out of the strucutre after a quake that would suit me.