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From: "Architexturez." <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:28:51 +0530
SPECIAL REPORT: Seismic Design
Linking Labs and Data Enables Magical Modeling
Researchers study complex systems by tying tests together
4/17/2006
By Tom Sawyer
Broadband communications and faster computers are changing the way
seismic engineering research is done. The combination enables
simultaneous collaboration not only between individuals, but also
between ever more sophisticated physical and computational experiments
at simulation labs across the country. Such linking is letting
researchers get closer to analyzing the complex response of systems in
seismic events than ever before.
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By linking labs with real-time data exchange “the expert doesn’t have to
be present to do the testing,” says Roblee. “We are finding broadband
communications very helpful there.”
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