Planning is also well underway for the Seismic Design Competition 2022 which will be held during the conference. Teams of undergraduate and postgraduate students and young professional members will design and build a small-scale earthquake resistant building that would be tested on a shake table during the conference.
Requirements for participants include (1) creating or joining a team, (2) designing and building a scale building model, and (3) testing your model at the conference.
Each team is to have 4 members with everyone under 30 years old. Multiple teams from the same office and university are encouraged.
PRELIMINARY BUILDING MODEL REQUIREMENTS
The approximate footprint of the building will be 200 mm x 200 mm. The building will require to have a minimum of three stories with a typical story height of 200 mm. The model must be capable of supporting approximately 40 kg distributed between the floors. The buildings will be constructed primarily using wood material and hot glue.
Further information will be provided shortly.
INTERESTED?
If you would potentially be interested in participating in the competition, get in touch! Please forward this information to anyone you think might be interested.
Any queries please contact Max Stephens: max.stephens@auckland.ac.nz
