Current Directions in Earthquake Engineering Education

Shirley J. DykeDepartment of Civil Engineering

Washington University in St. Louis

2000 ASCE Engineering Mechanics ConferenceAustin, Texas

Outline

Washington University

• Equipment • Coursework• Undergraduate Research• Outreach

• Equipment Selection & Purchase• Outcomes• Timeline• Evaluation

UCIST

Washington University GOALS: To provide students at Washington University with:

• an understanding of structural dynamics• exposure to innovative structural control techniques• experience with modern laboratory equipment and instrumentation

APPROACH:

• purchase instructional shake table lab stations• integrate earthquake engineering experiments into undergraduate and graduate curriculum• provide opportunities for undergraduate research

Equipment

Curriculum Development

• CE 146: Introduction to Civil Engineering: basic concepts in structural vibrations

• CE 336: Mechanics of Materials Laboratory familiarize students with instrumentation develop an understanding of natural frequencies, mode shapes, and damping ratios

• CE 550: Structural Dynamics compare mathematical model and experimentally obtained responses

• CE 590: Experimental Methods in Structural Dynamics new course with experimental modal analysis, system identification, and structural control

Undergraduate Research

Development of control circuit for shake table

Development of demonstration of seismic effects ofbuilding contents

Video: Active Mass Driver Control System

Outreach

University Consortium on Instructional Shake Tables

GOALS: To provide:

• students with an an understanding of structural dynamics• non-engineering students with exposure to the potential consequences of earthquakes• other universities with effective laboratory exercises

APPROACH:

• purchase instructional shake table lab stations• integrate earthquake engineering experiments into undergraduate and graduate curricula

Organization and Planning

UCIST originally consisted of 23 Universities affiliated with the three national earthquake centers (PEER, MCEER and MAE)

An additional 16 universities have joined includinginstitutions from Japan and Italy

Each university will contribute one experiment or videoto the project for distribution through web site

Each university will incorporate at least three experiments into their curriculum

Equipment Selection and Purchase

A task force of faculty from member universitieswas formed to formulate specifications and selectequipment.

Accessories: • 2 story building• 3 accelerometers• Computer• Real-time control/data acquisition board• Function generator

Equipment Selection and Purchase (cont)

FunctionGenerator

PowerSupply

Shake Table

Building

Safety Feature

Outcomes

Classroom experiments with lab manuals

Videos of select experiments

Undergraduate and school children competitions

CD-ROM of experiments and videos (web page)

Undergraduate research projects

Outreach projects

Examples of experiments to be developed

• Basic Concepts in Structural Dynamics

• K-12 Outreach Activities in Earthquake Engineering

• Demonstration of Lateral/Torsional Coupling in Buildings

• Seismic Response of Building Frames

• Demonstration of Non-Structural Seismic Hazards in the Home

• Dynamic Behavior of Simple Soil-Structure Systems

• Web-Controlled Shake Table

• Demonstration Experiment of Sloshing Fluid Damper and

Tuned Mass Damper

Fall1999

Develop Specs

Funding Obtained

CD-ROM Assembled

Spring2001

Fall2000

Develop Experiments

Timeline

Prototype Testing

Spring2000

Deliver Shake Tables

Summer2000

Evaluation

Evaluation is planned through the web siteincluding the following tools:

• each faculty/student involved will complete

annual on-line surveys

• web page statistics will provide external impact

measures (domains, countries)

Web Server Statistics

otenet.gr

ucsd.edu

co.uk

ucdavis.edu

nd.edu

wsu.edu

cornell.edu

edu.au

cols.net

aae.ac.jp

psu.edu

duke.edu

unican.es

stanford.edu

For Further Information...

http://wusceel.cive.wustl.edu/quake/

http://wusceel.cive.wustl.edu/ucist/

These programs are funded in part by the National Science Foundation, Grants Nos. DUE-9851198 (ILI Program) DUE-9950340 (CCLI Program) CMS 97-33272 (CAREER Program) Mid-America Earthquake Center (Project ED–9)Corporate Support: Quanser Consulting, PCB Piezotronics,

and SMI Technology