Wind Hazard & Earthquake Engineering Lab:

Research and Outreach

Florida A&M University – Florida State University

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

NSF/MCEER Site Visit 2003

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Introduction

The Wind Hazard and Earthquake Engineering Lab is located at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering campus.

WHEEL was established in 1999 as part of the Department

of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

The lab’s goal is to promote research in wind hazard and earthquake engineering.

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Introduction

WHEEL conducts research, publishes reports and articles, and provides partial financial support for students.

Some of the research interests include: – passive and active structural control,

– sensor/actuator placement using genetic algorithms,

– damage mitigation assessment after natural disasters,

– computational fluid dynamics for the design and analysis of structures exposed to high winds,

– structural health monitoring,

– mitigation of pounding.

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Student Researchers

4 Ph.D. students, 2 Graduate students and 4 Undergraduate students

Journal articles published in the Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Invited Presentations of Results at conferences in Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Tokyo, Japan.

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MCEER Research

“An Earthquake Analysis of an Existing Structure in the Southeast Region of the United States”

Structural Description:– Florida Department of Education Building– 17 story steel frame (3 bay x 10 bay)– FEM model developed

Passive Control– No external inputs to function– Tuned mass damper and Base Isolator

Damage Approximation– Damage functions, HAZUS

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MCEER Research Cont.

Cost of Repairs for Structural Damage

Design Code UNC TMD BI

High- $1,443,515.08 $377,860.25 $290,486.75

Moderate- $1,957,514.42 $512,406.76 $393,921.76

Low- $2,412,334.74 $631,462.34 $485,447.84

Pre- $3,150,333.62 $824,643.86 $633,959.55

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Education

Developed lab experiments and demonstrations using a small scale shaking table

Information was published as a part of the University Consortium of Instructional Shaking Tables (UCIST)

Structural Dynamics has been integrated into the Civil Engineering Mechanics course at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

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REU Programs

Undergraduate students conduct research in the areas of wind and earthquake engineering.

Program concludes with the submission of final reports and oral presentations.

REU Summer 1999 REU Summer 2000 REU Summer 2001

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Outreach

Developed a short course on engineering and natural hazards for elementary school teachers and their students

Students participate in the two week program to help test the course curriculum

Students wrote papers on natural hazards, built buildings with LEGOS, and tested them on the shaking table