Data Set for Cyclic Tests of Eleven Lightly Reinforced Concrete Walls
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 147, Issue 3
Abstract
A series of reinforced concrete wall tests were conducted at the University of Auckland to address the lack of experimental data on flexure-dominant lightly reinforced concrete walls that are common in multistorey buildings in regions of low or moderate seismicity. The experimental program comprised 11 rectangular reinforced concrete walls that were subjected to pseudo-static cyclic loading. The tests were used to investigate minimum vertical reinforcement provisions for reinforced concrete walls and formed the basis for revisions to the New Zealand Concrete Structures Standard NZS 3101 and the US Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete ACI 318. The recorded documentation and data collected throughout the test program have provided a high-quality dataset that is a valuable resource to researchers investigating the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete walls. The dataset is published and publicly available on DesignSafe-CI with the project number PRJ-1648. The methodology of the data collection is described, and a road map for navigating the dataset is presented to support future use of the archived dataset.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available in a repository or online in accordance with funder data retention policies. The data can be accessed as PRJ-1648 on DesignSafe-CI (https://www.designsafe-ci.org/) or directly linked from Lu and Henry (2019).
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge the funding provided by the Natural Hazards Research Platform, China Scholarship Council (CSC), and the Building Performance Branch of the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), in addition to project support and management provided by the UC Quake Center. The authors also appreciate the testing supplies that were donated by Wilco Precast, Sika (NZ) Ltd. and Fletcher Reinforcing and the assistance of R. Gultom, J. O’Hagan, D. Ripley, J. Quenneville, M. Byrami, R. Reichardt, K. Twigden, A. Jones, I. Miroslav, P. Seifi, A. Shegay, D. Duchet, A. Michard, T. Zhang, J. Naidoo, S. Smith, A. Virtue, and A. Ciputra. Finally, the support of K. Strmiska and M. Esteva during the data publication on DesignSafe-CI is greatly appreciated.
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Received: Dec 16, 2019
Accepted: Oct 9, 2020
Published online: Dec 29, 2020
Published in print: Mar 1, 2021
Discussion open until: May 29, 2021
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