You are required to design and make a model of a building that can stand up to artificial earthquakes generated on the shaking-table at the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), Taipei.
Your model must:
be made only from wood, paper, glue and string which NCREE provides.
have at least 4 floors and fit on a 27 cm by 27 cm base board.
be able to carry 7.5 kilograms or more.
>> On the model-making day, you will have 6.5 hours (including a short break for lunch) to make your model.
>> For the competition, all models will be tested on a shaking-table with
different sized earthquakes.
>> The first earthquake will be very small. Then the size of the earthquakes will be increased gradually.
