University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

An Experimental Setup to Investigate Dynamic Torsional-Translational Response of Reinforced Concrete

Keiser, R.L.

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SRS-560.pdf

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Title
An Experimental Setup to Investigate Dynamic Torsional-Translational Response of Reinforced Concrete
Author(s)
Keiser, R.L.
Issue Date
1991-02
Keyword(s)
  • Reinforced concrete
  • Earthquake engineering
  • earthquake motions
Date of Ingest
2009-11-06T00:08:46Z
Abstract
An experimental test setup is described which permits investigation of the torsional- translational response of reinforced concrete structures to earthquake effects. The main feature of the setup is the uncoupling of material interaction while retaining the effects of dynamic interaction. A two degree-of-freedom system was developed with its movement constrained to rotation about two orthogonal axes. The inertial forces developed during earthquake simulation are resisted by two flexural elements, each resisting motion about one axis. This report describes the specimen material properties, fabrication, erection hardware and instrumentation. Features of the earthquake simulator control and data acquisition system are presented.
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-560
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Technical Report
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14178
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
National Science Foundation BCS 90-23501

Owning Collections

Civil Engineering Studies: Structural Research Series PRIMARY