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Report - PEER - University of California, Berkeley

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ROLES OF LARGE-SCALE TEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF SEISMICPERFORMANCEMasayoshi NAKASHIMA, Tomohiro MATSUMIYA,Dawei LIU, and Keichiro SUITA 1ABSTRACTA full-scale test on a three-story steel moment frame was conducted, with the objectives <strong>of</strong>acquiring “real” information about the damage and collapse <strong>of</strong> a steel moment frame undercyclic loading, interaction between the structural frame and nonstructural elements andexamining the capacity <strong>of</strong> numerical analyses commonly used in seismic design and analysis totrace the real cyclic behaviour. The outline <strong>of</strong> the test structure and test program is presented;results on the interaction between the frame and exterior finishes are introduced; andcorrelation between the experimental results and the results <strong>of</strong> pre-test and post-test numericalanalyses is discussed.Keywords: Steel moment frame; Full-scale test; Collapse; Nonstructural elements.1. INTRODUCTION“Performance-based engineering” has become a standard norm for research,development, and practice <strong>of</strong> earthquake engineering particularly after the 1994 U.S.Northridge and 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu (Kobe) earthquakes (Performance, 1995;Recommended, 2000; NEHRP, 2000; Notification, 2000; Midorikawa et al., 2003).Relevant themes <strong>of</strong> challenges range from the characterization <strong>of</strong> strong motions andtheir effects on the structural response, quantification <strong>of</strong> multiple levels <strong>of</strong>performance associated with the functionality, damage, and safety limit states,examinations into the interaction <strong>of</strong> various nonstructural components and buildingcontents with building performance, among many others. To verify individualresearch findings and assure the expected performance <strong>of</strong> innovative developmentsand practices, real data obtained from “observations” and “experiments” areessential. They are rather difficult to acquire, however. A large earthquake eventoccurs very scarcely, which makes it difficult to monitor or measure the real behavior<strong>of</strong> structures at such an event. Interaction between member and system behavior isknown to be complex; hence tests on a structural system that has much redundancyare indispensable. Building structures, however, are massive, and it is difficult to1 Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto <strong>University</strong>, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011 JAPAN269

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