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Seismic testing may have major impact for concrete walls

28 April 2023

UC Professor Santiago Pujol is leading research to provide vital insights for improving construction standards.

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Professor Santiago Pujol discusses the wall tests with PhD candidate Charlie Kerby at the Structural Engineering Laboratory at the سԹ.

سԹ researchers are conducting earthquake testing to better understand the performance of a construction technique, called staggered lapsed splices, which is used to connectsteel bars in reinforced concrete walls to the steel bars coming out of the foundations. Professor Pujol and PhD student Charlie Kerby recently gaveinsights intotheir work which receives funding support from EQC.

The lines mark the cracks after three days of seismic testing on the concrete wall. The lines mark the cracks after three days of seismic testing on the concrete wall.

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