4/13/2012 12:59:00 AM
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Hilti Joins NFS Earthquake Research Team
Damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake
Hilti has joined a team of researchers supported by the National Science Foundation that plans to “shake a full-size building outfitted with the myriad inner workings of modern life,” FireEngineering.com reports.
“From elevators to ceiling tiles, hospital equipment to computer servers, and wiring to pipes, numerous non-structural elements will be tested as a five-story concrete building shakes from the motions of the devastating 1994 Northridge earthquake and the 2010 San Pedro earthquake in Chile,” according to FireEngineering.com.
Hilti is the only fastening and firestopping technology company represented on the project.
The testing will occur atop the outdoor shake table at the Englekirk Structural Engineering Center at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego). ©2012 GlobalFastenerNews.com
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