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- Title
- Experimental Program for Studying the Dynamic Response of a Steel Frame with a Variety of Infill Partitions.
- File
- PB90262676.pdf
- Author(s)
- Yanev, B.; McNiven, H. D.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1985, 77 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-85/16
- Abstract
- The report describes an experimental program devoted to trying to establish the extent to which partitions in buildings influence the response of the fundamental frame of the building during an earthquake. On the flip side, one gains insight through the experiments, of the effect the deformation of the frame has on the fate of the partition. The results are probably what one would anticipate. The stiff masonry partitions had a significant influence on the response of the frame but were destroyed by the frame when the intensity of the earthquake input was sufficient to create large deformations of the frame. The stud partitions on the other hand being flexible had little influence on the frame but a remarkable ability to survive. Even though the results were predictable, the program leads to ideas for future research, on how both masonry and stud partitions can have not only an influence on the response but can be made to survive a strong earthquake.
- Keywords
- Structural engineering; Earthquake resistant structures; Deformation; Seismic waves; Structural vibration; Steel structures; Experimental data; Vibration; Frames; Earthquake damage; Dynamic response; Structural steel; Earthquakes