The Fast Hybrid Testing laboratory (FHT), located at the University of Colorado in Boulder comprised one node of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). The FHT laboratory is open for use as a national laboratory for researchers and for contract testing by private companies across the country who are interested in conducting real-time (or pseudo-dynamic) hybrid simulations of structures subjected to earthquakes, wind, and other extreme loadings.

The FHT laboratory specializes in real-time hybrid simulations. In this innovative simulation paradigm a substructure is physically tested in the laboratory floor while a complementary one is numerically analyzed by a finite element. Both simulations are tightly coupled and run at increments of 1/1,024 of a second. The FHT laboratory includes extensive computational and archiving facilities, and the laboratory supports interactive remote teleparticipation of experimental research.

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Click here to view a video presentation explaining the Fast Hybrid Testing paradigm.

Click here to view slides and presentations from the most recent on-site workshop detailing the Fast Hybrid Testing method.