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- Title
- Experimental Study of the Seismic Response of a Two-Story Flat-Plate Structure.
- File
- PB86122553.pdf
- Author(s)
- Moehle, J. P.; Diebold, J. W.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., August 1984, 260 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-84/08
- Abstract
- A three-tenths scale, two-story reinforced concrete flat-plate structure was tested on the earthquake simulator at the Earthquake Engineering Research Center of the University of California, Berkeley. The test structure modeled a prototype structure with three bays in one direction and multiple bays in the transverse direction. The floor slab was supported on columns without interior beams, drop panels, or slab shear reinforcement. A shallow spandrel beam spanned the perimeter. The design seismic lateral forces were as specified for Zone 2 by the 1982 Uniform Building Code. The earthquake motions simulated were the North-South and vertical components of the El Centro, 1940 Imperial Valley earthquake. This report documents the design, fabrication, testing, and observed response of the test structure. Interpretations of the observed response are presented. Correlations obtained using modal analyses, linear elastic frame analyses, nonlinear frame analyses, and limit analyses are presented. Observations from isolated component experiments are summarized, and comparisons between component and test structure behavior are made.
- Keywords
- Reinforced concrete; Vibration tests; Flat concrete plates; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Theses; Simulation; Seismic effects; Structural analysis