UCIST
University Consortium on
Instructional Shake Tables
Shirley J. Dyke
Washington University in St. Louis
March 23, 2000
UCIST Project Description
• Acquire bench-scale shake tables for
undergraduate experiments
• Involves 23 universities from the three
national earthquake centers
(PEER, MCEER, MAE)
• Each university has purchased a shake table
and is developing an experiment
Goals and Objectives
• Develop a series of experiments to incorporate
into undergraduate CE curriculum
• Improve students understanding of the
dynamic nature of structures
• Provide exposure to non-engineering students
about the potential consequences of
earthquakes
Project Activities
• Videos on Experiments
• Undergraduate and School Children
Competitions
Primary
• Classroom Experiments
• Undergraduate Research Projects
• Outreach Activities
Secondary
• CD-ROM of Experiments and Videos
Instructional Earthquake
Simulator
Classroom Activities
CE 336: Structural
Materials Lab
CE 146: Intro to Civil Engrg
Outreach Activities
Research Projects
Instructional Shake Table
INCLUDES
• Shake Table
• 2 story building
• 3 accelerometers
• Computer
• Real-time control/data
acquisition board
• Function generator
Timeline
Fall
1999
Spring
2000
Summer
2000
Fall
2000
Spring
2001
Deliver Shake Tables
Prototype Testing
Funding Obtained
Develop Specs
Develop Experiments
CD-ROM Assembled
Sample Experiments
• Demonstration of Lateral-Torsional Coupling in Buildings
• Seismic Response of Building Frames
• Demonstration of Non-Structural Seismic Hazards in the Home
• Dynamic Behavior of Simple Soil-Structure Systems
• Web-Controlled Shake Table
• K-12 Outreach Activities in Earthquake Engineering
• Demonstration Experiment of Sloshing Fluid Damper and
Tuned Mass Damper
Project Evaluation
• Evaluation is planned through the web site
• Each faculty/student involved will complete
annual on-line surveys
• Web page statistics will provide external
impact measures (domains, countries)
Web Server Statistics
otenet.gr
edu.au
ucsd.edu
cols.net
pc0027.co.uk
aae.ac.jp
ucdavis.edu
psu.edu
nd.edu
duke.edu
wsu.edu
unican.es
cornell.edu
Web Server Statistics (Countries)
Future Directions
• Finalize example experiment
• Build a tutorial program for getting started
using the shake tables
• On-line surveys for web site visitors
For more information:
http://ucist.cive.wustl.edu/