Variable Width Tower
Authors: Ada Wu, Yna Marie Pedres Leonardo, Gabriel Wence Jr., Francisco Javier SanJuan, Dongkun Lee, Gaven Dionisio Lejano, Mariela Penaloza, Karell Kouakou, David Rebuelta, Urian Barraza
Faculty Supervisor: Zhaoshuo Jiang
Department: Engineering
Our project is a 15-story balsa wood tower that increases in width on one side as it rises. We constructed our tower to withhold seismic activity with dead loads placed at specific floors in each zone. We are incorporating the official rules from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 2024 Seismic Design Competition into our tower.