U of Nevada earthquake engineer Keri Ryan shows us the external wall units on the 10-story NHERI Tallwood building: spandrels with ribbon windows and glass curtain walls, called mullions. Architects as well as engineers want to see how such non-structural elements perform under earthquake loading. During the March 2023 shake table test, more than 750 sensor channels will record behaviors like drift, acceleration, and joint slip and movement.

Follow the NHERI Tallwood project with the live video stream at UC San Diego: http://nheri.ucsd.edu/video/

Find Professor Keri Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keri-ryan-29332399/

Looking for earthquake shaking data? Visit the NHERI DesignSafe Data Depot, a public repository of natural hazards research data. https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/

On Twitter? Follow Shiling Pei (@slpei), Principal Investigator for #NHERITallwood. While you’re at it, follow NHERI DesignSafe (@NHERIDesignSafe) for all things related to natural hazards engineering.

More #NHERITallwood partners on Twitter: @NHERI_UCSD @Unevadareno @UCSanDiego @UCSDJacobs @unrengineering, @NSF @slpei @commresilience @MinesCEE @coschoolofmines @CEMCO_steel @csinconline @strongtie @TechGlassPro