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

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

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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

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

Language

en

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

National Science Foundation Research Grant ENV74-22962

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