Taking care of his life, he is bent on building the strongest fortress in the earthquake.
CCTV News:Wang Tao has a beautiful resume: prestigious school education background, overseas study experience and numerous national awards. But Wang Tao thinks that the most precious thing is the evaluation of his predecessors in the circle: he is a young man who solves problems.
The problem that Wang Tao has to solve is related to everyone’s "personal life". As a researcher at the Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration, earthquake prevention and disaster reduction is his lifelong pursuit, and building sturdiness is his lifelong goal.
There is a saying in earthquake disaster science that "it is not the earthquake that kills people, but the building".
Wang Tao has been to many post-earthquake sites, participated in the rescue of Lushan earthquake in Sichuan, Yushu earthquake in Qinghai, Gongliu earthquake in Xinjiang, Nepal earthquake and other earthquake sites, and also did a lot of scientific research work on earthquake damage investigation of building structures in extremely difficult environment.
He deeply understands that only a strong house can protect life.
In the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, Wang Tao found that the collapse of high-rise buildings was rare, but there were many cases of building abandonment caused by the destruction, and the coupling beam was the most seriously damaged component. In order to improve the seismic performance of high-rise buildings, Wang Tao led the team to conduct systematic research on new energy dissipation coupling beams.
This year, he just returned from Japan. Prior to this, Wang Tao had worked in the Institute of Disaster Prevention of Kyoto University for two years after receiving his Ph.D. from Kyoto University. When he learned that he chose to return to China to work in the Institute of Engineering Mechanics of China Earthquake Administration, the old-timers in the institute were particularly excited. Because in their eyes, Wang Tao is a "young and promising" and "daring and daring" scientist.
Facts have proved that the expectations of our predecessors have not failed. From material to structure, from connection to structure, Wang Tao’s team not only developed a new type of energy dissipation coupling beam system, but also directly served social engineering and achieved great economic and social benefits. It has been applied in millions of square meters of buildings and constitutes an important part of the national earthquake safety community.
It is an obvious feature of Wang Tao to "work harder" than others in scientific research.
Wang Tao graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University, but the seismic test involves many disciplines, which require knowledge of computer, signal processing, electronic circuit, control automation and other disciplines besides civil engineering. If Wang Tao is not good at it, he is knowledgeable and diligent.
Ten years ago, the earthquake engineering laboratory in the institute just started, and the equipment, instruments and personnel were very scarce. Wang Tao and the team members of the laboratory stayed up all night, from every screw to the connection test of various cables and data lines.
When doing experiments online with American scientific research institutions, Wang Tao led the team to start experiments at 8 o’clock every night according to the American schedule and worked until 5 or 6 o’clock the next morning. Watch the experimental results follow the expected trajectory, and sort out the experimental data at the first time. During that time, Wang Tao only slept for two or three hours every day.
Letting the research land is the ultimate goal of all Wang Tao’s efforts.
In the era of skyscrapers, earthquake resistance has become a new topic in the field of engineering construction, and Wang Tao has once again faced difficulties.
China Zun, one of the top ten contemporary buildings in China, is 528 meters high. It is the world’s first skyscraper over 500 meters built in an 8-degree earthquake-resistant area, and its seismic capacity has always been the focus of attention. Among them, Wang Tao’s team has successfully applied the research results of the project.
In the earthquake zone, the journey in 10 days is nearly 2000 kilometers, and the earthquake damage investigation is carried out in more than 40 towns and villages in Sichuan, which provides an important basis for the evaluation of earthquake intensity. In the city, put on a "coat" for brick-concrete structure houses to make Beijing’s old houses safe and livable for seismic reinforcement; In foreign countries, I assisted Nepal in scientific investigation after the earthquake, and often worked until two or three o’clock in the morning, still maintaining full fighting spirit.
In the earthquake, Wang Tao has been struggling to turn the building into a fortress.
(Jointly launched: News and Publicity Department of CCTV Emergency Management Department Editor: Liu Wei)
