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Animations

These animations demonstrate the six degree-of-freedom control motions of the MAST system. They allow the MAST system to recreate virtually any real world earthquake forces with not only brute force, but with extreme precision. Facilities lacking a six degree-of-freedom system are substantially less accurate in their simulation recreations and results.

 
 
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Torsional Deformation – 1.3 MB avi file

Diagonal Rocking Deformation – 0.6 MB avi file

Diagonal Pivoting Deformation – 0.6 MB avi file

Lateral Pivoting Deformation I – 0.6 MB avi file

Lateral Pivoting Deformation II – 0.6 MB avi file

 
 
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Calendar Highlights.
   

9/12/2007 – NEESR-II HPFRCC Slab-Column Frame Test 3

7/23/2007 – NEESR-II HPFRCC Slab-Column Frame Test 2

6/5/2007 – NEESR-II HPFRCC Slab-Column Frame Test 1

1/4/2007 – NEES@Minnesota Proposal Writer's Workshop

 

   
 
 
 
 
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UMN MAST NEES Facility
The MAST testing facility is supported in part by the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Program of the National Science Foundation under Award Number CMS-0402490. The MAST Laboratory building was funded in part by the University of Minnesota Office of the Vice President for Research, the Institute of Technology, the Department of Civil Engineering, and individual donors. The MAST Computer Infrastructure is jointly developed by the Department of Civil Engineering, the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.