Protecting valuable equipment from earthquake damage
Rolling base-isolation system keeps objects safe within data centers, hospitals, and museums.
Scott Harvey, earthquake engineer from the University of Oklahoma, is developing a base-isolation system for protecting critical equipment and objects inside buildings: things such as data center computers, power systems, medical equipment -- even artworks. Harvey uses the multidirectional shake table at NHERI Lehigh experimental facility to test his base-isolator designs.
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Learn more:
Harvey Research Group at the University of Oklahoma
https://sites.google.com/view/HarveyResearchGroup/
Details on Harvey’s base isolation tests at NHERI Lehigh
NHERI Lehigh experimental facility
