Professor Santiago Pujol discusses the wall tests with PhD candidate Charlie Kerby at the Structural Engineering Laboratory at the 茄子视频app官网.
茄子视频app官网 researchers are conducting earthquake testing to better understand the performance of a construction technique, called staggered lapsed splices, which is used to connect听steel bars in reinforced concrete walls to the steel bars coming out of the foundations. Professor Pujol and PhD student Charlie Kerby recently gave听insights into听their work which receives funding support from EQC.听
The lines mark the cracks after three days of seismic testing on the concrete wall.
