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Will My Building Withstand Eq 2013

If your structure can withstand an earthquake, cross bracing will be the most important factor. Use a wide base, anchoring, a low center of gravity, rigid frame, or flexible frame. The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco is stronger than required by the city's building code.

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Will My Building Withstand Eq 2013

If your structure can withstand an earthquake, cross bracing will be the most important factor. Use a wide base, anchoring, a low center of gravity, rigid frame, or flexible frame. The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco is stronger than required by the city's building code.

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Assignment # 23 Name: Parker Canby Period: 2 Date: February 14, 2013

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Will My Building Withstand an Earthquake? Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was an innovator in designing buildings that could withstand earthquakes. For example, Wright designed the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, which withstood that citys severe 1923 earthquake with only minor damage. Many modern cities located in earthquake prone areas have enacted building codes designed to reduce damage to structures, thereby reducing the incidents of injury or death. Architects often go beyond these safety codes to ensure public safety. For example, the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco is stronger than required by the citys building code. It also has features built into its base that are designed to dramatically reduce how much the building will sway during an earthquake.

Problem: What design strategies keep structures safe in an earthquake? Hypothesis: If my structure of 13 centimeters tall can withstand an earthquake, then the design strategy of using crossing bracing. (cross bracing, using a wide base, anchoring, a low center of gravity, rigid frame, or flexible frame) will be the most important factor in keeping it safe and minimizing damage. Materials: 40 Toothpicks 5 mini marshmallows or 25 grams of clay Sheet of paper (to build structure on and put names and group number on) Procedure: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Make your hypothesis if you havent already done so. On the back or bottom of this sheet, sketch a plan how you and your partner are going to build your structure. How are you going to use the materials? Draw an example of your structure. Have the teacher check and sign off on your drawing. Before you start building get a group number 7. Once the teacher has given you your group number, you may start building your model. After you have finished making your model, fill out the data table for your group below. Place your model on the counter with a piece of paper underneath it and be sure your names and group number are on it. Collect data from all the other groups so that your data table is filled out. Results: Class Data Table for Period # _____ Group Height of Width of # of Anchored to Low # model base cross the paper (yes center of (centimeters) (centimeters) braces or no) gravity (majorit y of the mass is lower than halfway down (yes or no) Rigid (clay) or Flexible (marshmallow) (choose one) Time lasted on the shake table (seconds)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11.5 8.5 10.0 19.5 15.0 13.5 9.6 13.5 6.5 15.0

6.0 4.0 9.3 13.5 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.0 8.8 13.0

4 0 0 8 3 7 6 3 9 9

No Yes No No No No No No Yes No

Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Flexible Rigid Rigid Rigid Rigid Rigid Rigid Rigid Rigid Rigid

6 2 1 1 DQ 2 10 3 5 3

11 12 13

11.0 10.0 15.5

8.0 7.5 5.5

7 5 0

No No no

Yes Yes Yes

Rigid Rigid Rigid

1 13 3

Observations:
When we put or structure on the shake table it lasted 10 seconds. 1 piece fell of and got crushed. We got 2nd place after Stella and Mackenzies structure stood for 13 seconds.

Conclusion According to the textbook oqn pages 204 and 205 base isolators, tension ties, shear walls, cross braces, flexible pipes, and dampers are good design strategies because the help absorb the shaking and shock of an earthquake, they help to make seismic-safe buildings. In this lab we tested what design strategies would prevent injuries and death and also from damage during earthquake. I hypothesized that our structure of 13 centimeters tall could withstand an earthquake by using the design strategy of crossing bracing. Over the course of 10 seconds my structure shook and got crushed one time by one piece of paper. While being crushed one toothpick fell of and 5 small pieces of clay fell off. Zero out of the thirteen structures withstood an earthquake. One out of the thirteen structures used the flexible strategies. One out of the thirteen structures used the anchoring strategy. In conclusion my hypothesis was incorrect. Cross bracing was the most important factor in keeping the structures safe and minimizing damage during an earthquake.

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