Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Science Project Help!?
We are in 8th grade and have to build an earthquake-resistant model building. We have researched how real buildings are built, but how do we use this to build our model?
Ours is going to be tested on an earthquake simulator. I wish we could use marshmallows :)
What materials should we use? Is there some sort of happy medium between marshmallows and viscoelastic dampers?
2 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I remember doing a project like this.. i believe that i either used marshmallows(or play-dough) and toothpicks or I used pieces of wood, to which i hot glued guned it together...
- 1 decade ago
To be fair most houses are grounded. Will you be able to fixate the model (base) to the surface of the earthquake simulator?
Important aspect is detaching the ground base from the building itself. You want the building to stay where it is when the base and ground move. So, for example a building on wheels, (metal) ball bearing, or even on a liquid solution would separate the ground from the building.
Another aspect is how to deal with the vibrations and "get rid of motion energy". Any building motion energy you want converted to heat or used in another way. You may want to make the building flexible: For example by using springs.
It doesn't sound easy so good luck!
