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Article: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COLLABORATE TO LEAD WORLD'S LARGEST EARTHQUAKE SHAKE TABLE TEST IN JAPAN
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 19, 2009
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FORT COLLINS, Colo., Feb. 18 -- Colorado State University issued the following press release:
A group of researchers led by Colorado State University in close technical collaboration with Simpson Strong-Tie will take part in an unprecedented research event near Kobe, Japan, this summer. Construction of the largest building ever tested on an earthquake shake table will begin next week.
The seven-story, 40-foot by 60-foot condominium tower with 23 one- and two-bedroom living units and space to accommodate two retail shops will be subjected to simulated earthquakes of varying intensity on Japan's E-Defense (earthquake-Defense) shake table.
The shake table is the largest in the world with the ...