[ghsc-seminars] USGS-GHSC Seminar: Dr. Ling Pei, 11am, Wednesday, December 6th (TOMORROW), 2017

[Rigler, Erin (Josh)]

*​Full-scale shake table test of a Resilient Mass Timber Building: How to
survive 14 earthquakes without major damage*​​


*Dr. ​Ling​ ​Pei​Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringColorado
School of Mines*

As part of a National Science Foundation funded research project (the NHERI
TallWood Project) led by Colorado School of Mines, a full-scale two-story
mass timber building was tested at the NHERI at UCSD large out-door shake
table facility in summer 2017. The test include three phases with different
lateral system options. This presentation will be focused on the first
phase of the test featuring an innovative resilient post-tensioned rocking
wall made of cross laminated timber (CLT) panels. The building was
subjected to a series of 14 earthquake ground motion excitations. The
building was able to re-center and remain essentially damage-free after all
these extreme loading events, highlighting the resilient nature of the mass
timber structural system.

*​Wednesday, December 6th**, 2017*
*​11​-​12​ pm​  (Mountain Time)*
*USGS, 1711 Illinois Street, Golden, CO*
*Entry Level Seminar Room*

*Note: Please arrive *~5 minutes early* and *bring photo ID* for
airport-style security measures now in place at the USGS building.

Thank you,
GHSC Seminar Committee

Mirus, Ben - bbmirus at usgs.gov
Josh Rigler - erigler at usgs.gov
Oliver Boyd - oboyd at usgs.gov
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