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Earthquake simulation tests and associated studies of a 0.3-scale model of a six-story concentrically braced steel structure

Uang, Chia-Ming; Bertero, Vitelmo V.

UCB/EERC-86/10, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 1986-12, 384 pages (515/U15/1986)

This report summarizes research conducted as part of the Six-Story Concentrically K-braced Steel Structure Phase of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Earthquake Research Program. The UC Berkeley part of the research program had the following main objectives: (1) to review the design of the full-scale test building and to predict its behavior analytically; (2) to design, fabricate, and instrument the largest scale model that could be tested on the UC Berkeley earthquake simulator; (3) to conduct earthquake simulator testing of the reduced-scale model; (4) to evaluate the test results and their implications regarding earthquake-resistant design and construction of concentrically K-braced steel structures; (5) to evaluate the reliability of computer programs to predict the seismic response of steel structures; and (6) to formulate recommendations for improving the design and construction of such braced steel frames.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/EERC/EERC-86-10.pdf (26 MB)