IDEERS Competition - Testing - Earthquake Load 3

This method will overestimate the mass, which means that you will have to make you model stronger than it needs to be.

For this method you only need to take simple measurements of your model.

This method will estimate the mass more accurately so you can make the design of you model more efficient.

For this method you will need to take simple measurements of your model and find out how it vibrates.

3 - Finding the Mass

Warning ! The mass required for each floor in the Earthquake Load Test will be DIFFERENT to the one needed for the Vertical Load test.

To find the mass required for models which are fixed firmly to their MDF base board, you can use

EITHER

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    Earthquake Load Test
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