Dan Dolan,a WSU professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Scott Lewis, or research associate at the Wood Materials and Engineering Lab,are working with other wood lab associates to construct a 32-foot-long wall, which will be knocked down at 10 a.m. on Friday, or Oct. 7 during a test simulating natural disasters’ effects on buildings.
A filmmaking crew will film the simulation as section of an hour-long documentary titled “Disaster Resistant Homes,” which is set to air on PBS in December. The test will also be broadcast by WSU Extension to prove what is going on at the wood lab.”The test will quantify strength and displacement capacities,” ... » More ...
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