Earthquake Simulator vs Wood Skyscraper - Engineer Explains

Structural engineer simply explains how the world's tallest earthquake test will change wood construction forever. This mass timber skyscraper is the tallest building to ever be constructed and tested on the world's largest outdoor earthquake simulator (shake table) at UC San Diego. How the new mass timber rocking wall technology will make buildings nearly earthquake proof. NHERI Tallwood Project: http://nheritallwood.mines.edu/index.html NHERI Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table Test Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/NEESUCSD/videos 📗 Chapters 📗 0:00 Tallest Mass Timber Building Earthquake Test 0:31 What are Structural Engineers? 0:54 World's Largest Outdoor Shaketable/Earthquake Simulator 1:33 Why Wooden Skyscrapers & Mass Timber? 2:22 Rocking Wall Technology - Earthquake Proofing the Building 3:10 Rocking Wall Engineering 4:05 Rocking Wall Demo Model 4:52 Problems with Typical Concrete and Steel Buildings 6:04 EARTHQUAKE TESTS for Comparison 6:54 Mass Timber EARTHQUAKE TEST 7:38 Results of Earthquake Testing 8:28 Mass Timber's Future and Challenges 💻 My Gear 💻 (affiliate) KEYBOARD: https://amzn.to/3pmeBYe MOUSE: https://amzn.to/3xM9wfJ MONITOR: https://amzn.to/2WQy7iR DESK PAD: https://amzn.to/3xJ1zI2 HEADPHONES: https://amzn.to/33UkVeu WEBCAM: https://amzn.to/3xMk7XO CAMERA: https://amzn.to/3runQsg LENS: https://amzn.to/3ErMblO 👇 SUBSCRIBE TO MAT'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL 👇 https://www.youtube.com/c/MatPicardal?sub_confirmation=1 ►Join me as I co-host The Structural Engineering Channel Podcast (TSEC):http://bit.ly/2Ja3rAU ►iTunes link for TSEC Podcast: https://apple.co/2JaawkT ►Music I use: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/nmxm6m/ Mat Picardal is a structural project manager at DCI Engineers. This video and this channel does not necessarily reflect the opinion nor beliefs of DCI Engineers. All thoughts expressed are purely his own observations and experiences. For business inquiries email: matpicardal@gmail.com Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matpicardal/ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matpicardal/ Disclaimer: Product links are 'affiliate links' so if you click and buy something I get a small commission. This affects you in no way and helps support the channel. #structuralengineering #civilengineering #masstimber