Upgrading of Undergraduate Structural (Seismic) Testing Laboratories.

本科生地震实验室将通过增加两个模型振动台进行改进。这将为建筑工程专业的学生提供使用现代地震测试设备验证结构行为基本概念的第一手经验。这两个振动台将配备 Acoustic Power Systems Electro-seis 水平振动台、用于测试控制、数据采集和处理的 VIPAC 振动测试工作站以及惠普频谱分析仪和绘图仪。这些站将使建筑工程专业的高年级学生不仅可以通过实验研究小型建筑结构的基本动态特性和响应，还可以研究结构刚度与相应固有频率之间的关系。

The undergraduate seismic laboratories will be improved with the addition of two model shaker stations. This will give architectural engineering students first hand experience in the use of modern seismic testing equipment to verify the fundamental concepts of structural behavior. The two shaker stations will be equipped with Acoustic Power Systems Electro-seis horizontal shakers, VIPAC vibration testing workstations for test control, data acquisition and processing and a Hewlett Packard spectrum analyzer and plotter. The stations will allow senior architectural engineering students to experimentally investigate not only fundamental dynamic properties and response of small-scale building structures but also the relationship between structural stiffness and corresponding natural frequencies.