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Dynamic Research in Engineering
Dynamics is one of the main research areas in Bristol’s Civil Engineering Department, with experts working on a range of topics within the field.
Structural engineering specialists examine the dynamic behaviour of large dams during earthquakes and slender bridges in high winds. They build scale models of these structures and test them in the laboratory. Vibrations of real structures - such as bridges excited by traffic loading and towers excited by the wind - are recorded, and computer models are analysed for their responses under different forces, both natural and man-made.
Geotechnical engineers look at the behaviour of soils and soil structures when they are made to vibrate; while other Earthquake Engineering researchers develop state-of-the-art laboratory equipment, such as shaking-tables and their control systems.
Engineering dynamics is cross-disciplinary and requires experts from different disciplines (including Mechanical and Electronic Engineering) to work together to make advances in knowledge and the development of new techniques.
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