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Lehigh Develops 3D Model Panel for Implementation within the Real-Time Data Viewer

By Thomas Marullo

Lehigh has developed a 3D Model Panel plug-in for RDV that allows users to create wireframe-based models of physical and analytical structures using node points and element connections.

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UCSD Researchers Use the NEES TeraGrid Allocation for Probabilistic Seismic Response Sensitivity Analyses of a Building Structure
By NEESit

In order to predict structural performance based on performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) methodologies, ...

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NEESit Tools Support Large-Scale Reinforced Concrete Link Beams Testing at UCLA
By NEESit

In March 2007, the University of California, Los Angeles held its first in a series of tests of large-scale (1/2 scale) reinforced concrete link (coupling) beams.

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NEES Network in the United Kingdom (UK-NEES)
By NEESit

The United Kingdom Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (UK-NEES) is initially comprised the research laboratories at the Universities of Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge, but with the potential for expansion to other laboratories.

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Customizing the flexTPS Presentation
By Hank Ratzesberger

The University of California, Santa Barbara NEES equipment site demonstrates how it customized the look and feel of its flexTPS presentation.

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Bringing the UCIST Bench-Scale Shake Table onto the NEESgrid
By Richard Christenson

Tele-operation and tele-observation of bench-scale seismic simulators via the NEESgrid at the Advanced Hazards Mitigation Laboratory at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM).

NEESR Spotlight

Using NEES as a Test Bed for Studying Soil Foundation Structure Interaction
By Shannon Whitmore

One of the principal goals of this Pre-NEESR project is to explore SFSI by performing scaled down physical experiments using centrifuge, shake table, and field test facilities.

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Introduction to the Wireless Data Acquisition System (WiDAQ)
By Roger Clermont

The Center for Geotechnical Modeling at the University of California, Davis has developed a custom wireless data acquisition system (WiDAQ) to augment and extend its data acquisition infrastructure.

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A Real-time System Visualization Tool (RSVtool) for NEES-MAST to Facilitate Collaboration
By Sri Sritharan, Manimaran Govindarasu, Jian Zhao and Mohammad Fraiwan

Engage remote participants and facilitate collaboration between researchers, the consulting engineer, and students during large-scale tests of concrete walls with RSVtool.