University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Earthquake Simulation Tests of a Ten-Story Reinforced Concrete Frame with a Discontinued First-Level Beam

Moehle, J.P.; Sozen, M.A.

Content Files
SRS-451.pdf

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/13912

Description

Title
Earthquake Simulation Tests of a Ten-Story Reinforced Concrete Frame with a Discontinued First-Level Beam
Author(s)
  • Moehle, J.P.
  • Sozen, M.A.
Issue Date
1978-08
Keyword(s)
  • earthquake motions
  • Reinforced concrete
  • modal analysis
Date of Ingest
2009-10-08T00:57:43Z
Abstract
"A small-scale, ten-story, reinforced concrete frame structure with relatively flexible lower stories was subjected successively to simulated earthquakes of increasing intensity on the University of Illinois Earthquake Simulator. The test structure comprised two frames situated opposite one another with strong axes parallel to a horizontal base motion and with story-masses spanning between. The frames had relatively ""tall"" first and last stories and a discontinued first floor-level, exterior-span beam. Earthquake simulation tests were complemented by free-vibration tests and steady-state sinusoidal tests at a series of frequencies bounding the apparent fundamental frequency. This report docuents the experimental work, presents data (including time-response histories), and discusses the observed dynamic response in relation to stiffness, strength, and energy-dissipative capacity."
Publisher
University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station. College of Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Civil Engineering Studies SRS-451
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Technical Report
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/13912
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
National Science Foundation Research Grant ENV74-22962

Owning Collections

Civil Engineering Studies: Structural Research Series PRIMARY