3. APPROACH
The chosen design developed a shake table that mimics the destructive seismic waves created by earthquakes. The approach allowed for extended research on the various types of seismic waves and determine which ones cause damage to manmade structures. This approach will discuss the variety of seismic waves, the necessary hardware required to create the proposed seismic wave(s), and the software necessary to recreate a scalable earthquake simulation table. The data from several types of earthquakes was compiled in order to effectively design a motion that will replicate their destructivity.