2002 Building Design Contest

IRIS Workshop at San Diego NSTA Meeting

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Testing, which involves taping a large washer (~35 g) followed by an even larger washer (~85 g) to the roof and then gently shaking the building, quickly determines which designs would be most resistant to earthquake shaking.