Data from the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation/E-Defense Collaborative Test Program on Innovative Isolation Systems and Nonstructural Components

Abstract

The data sets generated from E-Defense shake table experiments of a full-scale, five-story building tested with two innovative isolation systems and in the fixed-base configuration are available in the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Project Warehouse. The experiments included an integrated subassemblage of partition walls, suspended ceilings, and sprinkler piping on the fourth and fifth floors of the building; a full-story precast concrete cladding column cover; and enclosed areas staged with building contents. Totaling approximately 211 GB between three experiments, the data set includes isolator forces and displacements, floor accelerations, and story drifts, local accelerations, and relative displacements at strategic locations on the nonstructural components, as well as extensive videos and inspection photos. The project was a collaboration between U.S. researchers of the NEES Tools for Isolation and Protective Systems (TIPS) and NEES Nonstructural Grand Challenge projects and Japanese researchers from the National Research Institute of Earth Science and Disaster Prevention. Data set DOIs are 10.4231/D3X34MR7R, 10.4231/D3SB3WZ43, and 10.4231/D3NP1WJ3P.

Computational simulation of slab vibration and horizontal‐vertical coupling in a full‐scale test bed subjected to 3D shaking at E‐Defense

“…All of the information from this experiment used for this study and presented hereafter were obtained from the publicly accessible dataset described in detail in Guzman and Ryan. 23 The test bed specimen used in the experimental program was a 5-story, 2 bay × 2 bay steel moment frame building ( Figure 1A), which had been designed and detailed according to Japanese code and design practice. 24 The building specimen was approximately 16 m (52.5 ft) tall and 10 × 12 m (32.8 × 39.3 ft) in plan with an asymmetric bay configuration in the long direction.…”

Seismic analysis, design, and installation of nonstructural components and systems � background and recommendations for future work

“…A collaborative research project, between the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) and the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED) of Japan, was conducted at the E-Defense Shake Table Test Facility in 2011 (Guzman and Ryan, 2015a). This project consisted of a systemlevel full-scale shake table experiments of a five-story steel moment frame building.…”

“…(a) (b) (c) Figure 6-6 Five-story steel moment frame specimen: (a) photograph; (b) typical plan view from floors two to five; and (c) elevation view (Guzman and Ryan, 2015a).…”

“…Figure 6-7 Nonstructural components on the test building: (a) partial height interior partition wall and ceilings (Soroushian et al, 2016); (b) sprinkler drop (Soroushian et al, 2016); (c) fourth-floor hospital room (Guzman and Ryan, 2015a); and (d) fifth-floor office room (Guzman and Ryan, 2015a).…”

Evaluating simplified models in predicting global seismic responses of a shake table–test building isolated by triple friction pendulum bearings

“…Recent discoveries have shown that vertical shaking can significantly influence the dynamics of buildings isolated with FPB. A shake‐table test of a full scale five‐story steel moment‐frame building isolated with triple pendulum bearings (TPB) was allowed for direct comparison of XY (without vertical) and 3‐D (with vertical) shaking on the responses of the isolated superstructure . Specifically, the vertical component of shaking was found to amplify the base shear due to high frequency dynamic variation of bearing axial load, which is proportional to the bearing lateral force according to the friction coefficient.…”