Earthquake Table

Knowing how structures respond to earthquake and some of the design principles required to allow a building to stand in the presence of an earthquake is not easy. It's much easier to gain such an understanding if hands-on demonstrations are made and students are immediately able to test their hypotheses in real life. 

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We created an earth quake simulation table for elementary school students to gain a better understanding of a building's response to repeated sinusoidal shear stress, i.e. an earthquake. The table allows for variable frequency oscilations. It was designed to be primarily laser cut, so it could be cheaply produced.