LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Any day, anytime, anywhere in Nevada, there could be an earthquake. There are usually dozens every day though most are too small to feel. To better understand when a big ...

The Earthquake Engineering Lab is home to our three biaxial shake tables as well as our 6-degree-of-freedom table. The building includes 29,000 square feet of laboratory, office and auditorium space.

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A recent shake table test at the University of Nevada, Reno, revealed that in the retrofitted model the lateral load has to transfer through the cap beam, the top of the columns adjacent to the gap, ...