Iowa State University: Researchers Design a National Testing Facility to Simulate Tornadoes, Downbursts and Gusts
October 06, 2023
October 06, 2023
AMES, Iowa, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University's College of Engineering issued the following news:
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Experiments will Help them Engineer Buildings that can Stand Up to Extreme Winds
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The foundation of a house remains, the basement ripped open and exposed, with the rest of the house blown away. A brick-veneered bank building partially caved in. A collapsed high school gym. Gravestones knocked over. Debris piercing a building. . . .
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Experiments will Help them Engineer Buildings that can Stand Up to Extreme Winds
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The foundation of a house remains, the basement ripped open and exposed, with the rest of the house blown away. A brick-veneered bank building partially caved in. A collapsed high school gym. Gravestones knocked over. Debris piercing a building. . . .