2007) The Vibration Test of Kyoto-Tower Building

1 Dynamic Test on a Multi – Tower Connected Building Structure

A multi-tower connected building, with large floor slab openings in plan and long-span truss in elevation, was studied because of its structural irregularity. First, a 1/25 scaled model structure was tested on the shake table under minor, moderate, and major earthquake levels. Then, the dynamic responses of the model structure were interpreted to those of the prototype structure according to th...

Building the Tower of Babel : Converting

Distant ~otions from a Building Vibration Test By

Horizontal ground motion generated by vibration tests of the nine-story Millikan Library Building on the Caltech campus was recorded on 1he surface of the ground in the Pasadena area at distances up to 3 miles from the building. Later it was learned that the vertical component of the motion also was recorded by the seismograph on Mt. Wilson, 6.7 miles from the Library and 4,800 ft higher in ele...

construction and validation of the translation teacher competency test and the scale of students’ perceptions of translation teachers

the major purpose of this study was to develop the translation teacher competency test (ttct) and examine its construct and predictive validity. the present study was conducted in two phases: a qualitative phase as well as a quantitative phase. in the first phase of the study, the author attempted to find out the major areas of competency required for an academic translation teacher. the second...

Evidence from the Tower of London test

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with progressive impairment of higher-level cognitive abilities. Previous research suggests that early impairment of executive functions occurs during the course of the disease, but few studies have specifically investigated planning ability in an AD population. Objective: The purpose of the current study was to examine whether AD patients retain the abili...