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- Title
- Shaking Table Tests of Large-Panel Precast Concrete Building System Assemblages.
- File
- PB86110210.pdf
- Author(s)
- Oliva, M. G.; Clough, R. W.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., June 1985, 226 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-83/14
- Abstract
- The report presents the experimental studies of the first large scale shaking table tests of three panel wall structures. The experiments were performed at the University of California Earthquake Simulator Laboratory as part of a joint U.S.-Yugoslavia research project. The test models consisted of a single bay simple wall, a single bay simple wall with door openings at each level, and a single bay flanged wall. The experimental results were examined to determine the relative importance of the controlling mechanisms, i.e., rocking and slip. The data was further studied to evaluate the degree of stiffness degradation and system ductility.
- Keywords
- Vibration tests; Precast concrete; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Panels; Apartment buildings; Seismic effects