Testing novel pressurized sand dampers at NHERI Lehigh with Nicos Makris

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Testing novel pressurized sand dampers at NHERI Lehigh

Nicos Makris explains his innovative protective damper system made with pressurized sand, which obviates problems presented by traditional dampers that use oil. In partnership with the NHERI Lehigh experimental facility, Makris is performing component testing and developing the numerical model in preparation for hybrid simulation testing, also at Lehigh. The cyber-physical tests allow researchers great flexibility when developing large-scale engineering devices.

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Read about Makris’s research and testing at the NHERI Lehigh website:

SMU-Lehigh Collaboration: Supplemental Energy Dissipation Through Pressurized Sand Dampers to CLT Rocking Structures

https://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/projects/supplemental-energy-dissipation-through-pressurized-sand-dampers-to-clt-rocking-structures/

Nicos Makris at Southern Methodist University: https://www.smu.edu/Lyle/Departments/CEE/People/Faculty/Nicos-Makris

NSF Award: Investigation of a Novel Pressurized Sand Damper for Sustainable Seismic and Wind Protection of Buildings: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2036131&HistoricalAwards=false

Learn more about the NSF-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure, NHERI:

https://www.designsafe-ci.org/

Contact us: nheri.communications@Gmail.