Academics test wireless earthquake sensors
An earthquake engineer at the St. Louis, Mo.-based Washington University has successfully performed the first test of wireless sensors in a model laboratory building. Professor Shirley J. Dyke, Ph.D., combined wireless sensors with special controls ...
An earthquake engineer at the St. Louis, Mo.-based Washington University has successfully performed the first test of wireless sensors in a model laboratory building. Professor Shirley J. Dyke, Ph.D., combined wireless sensors with special controls called magnetorheological dampers to limit damage from a simulated earthquake load. Her demonstration is the first step toward implementing wireless sensors for structural control in real buildings and structures, according to the university.
