Earthquake Simulator vs Wood Skyscraper - Engineer Explains

Structural engineer simply explains how the world's tallest earthquake test will change wood construction forever. This mass timber skyscraper is the tallest building to ever be constructed and tested on the world's largest outdoor earthquake simulator (shake table) at UC San Diego. How the new mass timber rocking wall technology will make buildings nearly earthquake proof.
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0:00 Tallest Mass Timber Building Earthquake Test
0:31 What are Structural Engineers?
0:54 World's Largest Outdoor Shaketable/Earthquake Simulator
1:33 Why Wooden Skyscrapers & Mass Timber?
2:22 Rocking Wall Technology - Earthquake Proofing the Building
3:10 Rocking Wall Engineering
4:05 Rocking Wall Demo Model
4:52 Problems with Typical Concrete and Steel Buildings
6:04 EARTHQUAKE TESTS for Comparison
6:54 Mass Timber EARTHQUAKE TEST
7:38 Results of Earthquake Testing
8:28 Mass Timber's Future and Challenges
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  • @MatPicardal
    @MatPicardal8 ай бұрын

    How do you feel about earthquakes and fires in a wood skyscraper?

  • @ShanghaiShuguangAnshabu

    @ShanghaiShuguangAnshabu

    8 ай бұрын

    I don't think wood has the strength for buildings that high. Not to mention the amount of wood you need. BTW, how would you analyze seismic load? I used to 1.0/0.7 one way, but we are using 1.0/0.3/0.3 three way now.

  • @arjunbarmanse

    @arjunbarmanse

    8 ай бұрын

    I can't express how much I love this video, the new idea, and the concept. Maybe this is the beginning of the new structural system and connection that allowed the absorption of seismic force rather than the fight and damage that you mentioned. It will be good if this concept can be done for concrete and steel materials also. Maybe we need to do more research on connection types. I appreciate for making this type of amazing content for this profession. Thanks, Mr. Mat Picardal! 💝Love from Bangladesh. Wish to meet you one day and learn something new. Sending you best wishes for an amazing journey ahead!

  • @deanmarkgabinete5777

    @deanmarkgabinete5777

    8 ай бұрын

    I DONT AGREE SIR , IN WHAT YOU QUOTED THAT RC BUILDINGS CANT BE RESILIENT THAN WOOD STRUCTURES ,, , IF YOU WANT TO HIT RESILIENT DESIGN IN ANY KIND OF STRUCTURES, YOU HAVE TO ABSTAIN IN THE IDEA OF ELASTIC DESIGN .. . YOU DONT HIT THE TRUE RESILIENT DESIGN , COZ YOU ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE IDEA THAT STRUCTURES MUST BE DESIGN IN ELASTIC MECHANISM .. .

  • @ToxicMMA610

    @ToxicMMA610

    7 ай бұрын

    Mat I've sent you a message on Instagram for months no reply

  • @dekumarademosater2762

    @dekumarademosater2762

    Ай бұрын

    They demonstrably stand up to quakes. Actually, in a fire, the structural members' surfaces char, but the structural members don't distort. Steel does. Wood wins here. Producing steel or concrete makes a massive amount of CO2, wood is literally made of CO2, water and sunlight.

  • @carsongbaker
    @carsongbaker8 ай бұрын

    Woo! I designed the tallwood foundations and got to see the testing live. Hope the tech comes to mainstream soon! Pretty cool topic to cover on your channel, well done!

  • @tubespeeder1979

    @tubespeeder1979

    8 ай бұрын

    Carson, your concrete footing is also quite resilient:)

  • @BA-sw5dn
    @BA-sw5dn8 ай бұрын

    There is a large mass timber project here in lake union Seattle (Northlake commons) thats been really cool to watch. I love these buildings. I trust them completely. I especially trust this design with the wood spine, wood is super resilient. Im curious about how it is to work with during construction as the wood warps and changes size due to water exposure. Not that it hurts the integrity but just knowing wood isn’t perfect no matter how you cut and glue it, and scaling that up in a full size wood tower.

  • @MassTimberHowTos
    @MassTimberHowTos8 ай бұрын

    Awesome that you were able to check it out. Cheers Matt!

  • @TriSoul13
    @TriSoul138 ай бұрын

    love the video! looking good Mat!

  • @BehfarCanada
    @BehfarCanada8 ай бұрын

    Thanks Mat for this wonderful video!

  • @kadentstructuraldesign9929
    @kadentstructuraldesign99298 ай бұрын

    Thank you for creating this and putting it out there, those rocking walls are lit

  • @dwaynemurphy8229
    @dwaynemurphy82297 ай бұрын

    I love the demonstrations!

  • @nelsoncorzo8166
    @nelsoncorzo81667 ай бұрын

    Congratulations! You got the SE

  • @KerryHallPhD
    @KerryHallPhD8 ай бұрын

    Excellent. I'm going to have my Wood Design students watch this. I actually did my master's thesis on a post-tensioned rocking wall system in 2006.

  • @josemartinyallicobaldeon6933
    @josemartinyallicobaldeon69337 ай бұрын

    BEAUTIFUL VIDEO , HI from Peru!, and really good information about new resilient buildings!

  • @DanielHindman
    @DanielHindman8 ай бұрын

    Great job Mat and ShiLing!

  • @malikdaniyel146
    @malikdaniyel1468 ай бұрын

    Great video Mat! Seems there are strong possibilities for higher timber construction....yes I would also feel like a kid in a toy store if I was there. Lucky you. Malik from Barbados.

  • @druttface
    @druttfaceАй бұрын

    Regarding fire, while it's true massive timber withstand fire pretty darn well, it still takes a higher toll compared to concrete for instance. I love wood houses and the esthetics they provide and there's a lot of options to not have fires started at the first place. But at the end of the day, I think timber, concrete and steel can work together rather than replacing each other to achieve even better and more tolerant and sustainable constructions.

  • @abdulrasheedayuba
    @abdulrasheedayuba8 ай бұрын

    It’s been awhile Mat Nice video

  • @MatPicardal

    @MatPicardal

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the support, been on a break to improve my health, physically and mentally.

  • @deanlewis5237
    @deanlewis52378 ай бұрын

    absolutely great job on this video Mat. Can you send links to the other material shake table tests?

  • @MatPicardal

    @MatPicardal

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks Dean, I updated the description with links to shake table videos: kzread.infovideos

  • @devilinthebelfry7292
    @devilinthebelfry7292Ай бұрын

    I'm a plumber not an engineer but imagine you need to service those cables but that is still cheaper than building a building. I'm curious how the wood will hold up over the long term with all of the flexing it can do. I imagine wood is also more sensitive to environmental factors over time like moisture and temperature and even living organisms. It's a cool idea in the works though. I also prefer to have to set anchors into wood rather than metal so, there's that.

  • @mohammedaliakbar6931
    @mohammedaliakbar69317 ай бұрын

    It is my topic research at Lehigh University.. well done this video

  • @chandrasajana2299
    @chandrasajana22998 ай бұрын

    so cool!

  • @spikeybunny6577
    @spikeybunny6577Ай бұрын

    I’m curious about how wood used in the main support in tall buildings would last over time. Would it degrade faster in tall buildings compared to steel?

  • @peeolo
    @peeolo8 ай бұрын

    GREAT video. i use post tensioning vertcal external tendono for church, Bell tower and other slender heritage Wall (in Italy existing building are my core business. i live in venice). i have some questions: 1) how the rocking Wall Is restrained at the base. "hinge"? for rocking? 2) you have, for gravitational load, a big Mass wood column, and for laterali load a kind of RC section (rebar are the tendons)...correct? 3)why tendon are not fully centrifugate ? the are not near the Edge of the section, they looks like near the neutral axes 4)if i want to use spectral modal analysis, what value of "behaviour factor" you can use? there Is some documentions? or it's pure research for now?

  • @MatPicardal

    @MatPicardal

    8 ай бұрын

    The researchers had analytical models beforehand to compare results, and they're probably finishing their research papers on this test soon to help answer these questions.

  • @peeolo

    @peeolo

    8 ай бұрын

    @@MatPicardal thanks. can you update us (if you want) when they delivery the analytical model and the papers?

  • @classic8054
    @classic805417 күн бұрын

    Praying for a mass timber revolution.

  • @ubacow7109
    @ubacow71098 ай бұрын

    Nature proving once again that its made the best materials

  • @yoururbanchic
    @yoururbanchic8 ай бұрын

    Mat losing weight!!! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @RodrigoRodriguez-wl9vl
    @RodrigoRodriguez-wl9vl8 ай бұрын

    Finally, I missed you

  • @MatPicardal

    @MatPicardal

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the support, been on a break to improve my health.

  • @RodrigoRodriguez-wl9vl

    @RodrigoRodriguez-wl9vl

    8 ай бұрын

    @@MatPicardal totally valid, I support that

  • @Structures_Engineering
    @Structures_Engineering8 ай бұрын

    Its awesome, But what about water exposure?! Also what is gonna happen if some crazy guy picked up his saw to get firewood for heating 😅

  • @jspecc7463
    @jspecc74637 ай бұрын

    Gona need a great deal of fire proofing

  • @nascentnaga
    @nascentnaga3 ай бұрын

    I think tall wood is stupid. From an engineering challenge perspective its cool yes. We should focus on modular timber as well as speed of construction. We know what building types timber makes sense for. I'm curious how alternative issues are resolved. (sound, fire) considering the cost of this system. In addition is there any reason one can't do a rocking wall in steel? North of a certain amount of stories its not a very good material as member sizes eat into leasable space.

  • @asiagreen5658
    @asiagreen56588 ай бұрын

    What about chemicals of covered that wood for testing for heavy rain and humans health safety? Also, kids more likely will be linking that wood. How long that chemicals smell will be go away? People want seeing some exposed wood instead of full covered glass window.

  • @alvarocespedeschombo2664
    @alvarocespedeschombo26646 ай бұрын

    😍

  • @Trk09dr
    @Trk09drАй бұрын

    How many CO2 absorbing trees taken out of the forest does it take to build a high rise? Should be able to clear out the rainforest in a years worth of construction in just a couple cities.

  • @MasterCivilEngineering
    @MasterCivilEngineering8 ай бұрын

    Master the concepts of Practical Civil Engineering here and Work for Top Construction Companies of the World!

  • @syedfarizakhter1637
    @syedfarizakhter16378 ай бұрын

    Great video Mr. Picardal. What take you so long to post new videos? I graduated with a Bachelor degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering in October 2021. Currently working in consultancy firm as a structural engineer in Bangladesh. What disappoint me most is that the owner of the company tells me that I know nothing and everything I do is wrong. But actually I do what my supervisor tells me to do. But when I tell this to owner he always yells at me and scold me very badly.

  • @MatPicardal

    @MatPicardal

    8 ай бұрын

    I've been focusing on my health and hobbies the past few months, but I've been missing making videos. Thanks for the support! And yeah, mind your environment, it's more of an apprenticeship industry and you shouldn't be expected to know everything immediately, but you should know the engineering basics, such as statics.

  • @syedfarizakhter1637

    @syedfarizakhter1637

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your kind reply Mr. Picardal. I would really like to talk to you sometime. The way you are helping the engineers is really praiseworthy

  • @ernestogaddi8021
    @ernestogaddi80218 ай бұрын

    You lose weight sir! Haha

  • @TheNigganaut1
    @TheNigganaut1Ай бұрын

    And what exactly is it rolling on cause that tube definitely doesnt look like marbles😂 just looks like a big ass rubber cylinder