Earthquake Protective Foundation - base isolation video

A comparative shake table testing of a regular
building model (left) and the same model on
Earthquake Protective Foundation or EPF (right). EPF paved the way to a new and extremely effective line of seismic base isolation called Earthquake Protector (see, e.g., http://www.ecs.csun.edu/~shustov/EP-2006.htm ).

For virtual re-creation of this testing, use EPETO or Earthquake Performance Evaluation Tool Online at http://www.seismicevaluation.org.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• seismic
• base
• isolation
• earthquake
• protective
• foundation
• video

[vshustov]

There are no ball bearings there, sorry!

[vshustov]

The model buildings were made of a steel wire frames covered with a duct tape. For the floor and roof diaphragms there the wooden plates were used. No construction video, sorry!

[vshustov]

It was a base isolation technology called Earthquake protector, that simple.

[vshustov]

Try to do it better!

[qwertyxf]

thats one groovy house dancing there xD

[rezz110]

That was more like human induced vibration. Doggy-style!

[FriendLondonFriend]

One house belongs to Donna Summer and the other to Nina Simone !

[TheMinimouse15]

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[brianthedj1]

Ball bearings. That is all.

[creativiguy12]

how did you build the buildings? Can you make a video that teaches how to build these towers?

[Slider993]

What did you use to make the right house isolated and not shake?