Abstract
A Shake Table was designed and constructed to imitate earthquake magnitudes to help students at Zane Middle School to better understand seismic activity and allow them to test their own building structures.
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Background
Zane Middle School is a STEAM ( Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math ) school that believes hands on learning is very important for student success. For several years Engineering 215 students at Humboldt State University have teamed up with Zane's faculty to help them achieve this goal.
Problem statement (Objective) and criteria
The objective of our design was to make the most realistic shake table design possible. Our client expressed their desire to illustrate the effects of liquefaction of earth during an earthquake and how the earth undergoes a wave motion at these times. Most standard shake tables don’t express this motion so this was one of our main goals.
Below was is a table of our criteria and weighted values of importance that our team and client agreed upon:
| CRITERIA | WEIGHT |
|---|---|
| Safety | 10 |
| Sturdiness | 9 |
| Cost | 9 |
| Shake Levels | 8 |
| Portability | 8 |
| Ease of Use | 8 |
| Educational Value | 7 |
| Durability | 7 |
| Consistency | 6 |
| Aesthetics | 5 |
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