Forced-Vibration Tests of a Reinforced Concrete Four-Story Building Structure
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 147, Issue 7
Abstract
A set of acceleration records obtained at specific points of an actual reinforced concrete, four-story building structure subjected to forced vibrations are presented and documented in this data paper. The structure has vertical setbacks, which gives it natural eccentricity along one direction. The tests were conducted to study the torsional behavior of the structure subjected to forced and ambient vibrations. A mechanical eccentric-mass exciter was used for the tests. The exciter was attached to the roof slab at two locations, and the resultant force was varied in position, magnitude, direction, and frequency. During the tests, the only vertical loads applied to the building structure were those resulting from the self-weight of the columns, beams, and slabs. No additional vertical dead or live loads existed. Given the characteristics of the structure and the tests, the generated data can be used for several purposes, such as building torsion and structural identification, among others. The simplicity of the building allows for the faithful analytical replication of the conducted tests because there is no interference with nonstructural elements or live loads.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all of the data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available in a repository or online in accordance with the funder’s data retention policies. [Design Safe platform of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) https://www.doi.org/10.17603/ds2-h36z-1t27.]
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 147 • Issue 7 • July 2021
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Received: Mar 12, 2020
Accepted: Jan 15, 2021
Published online: Apr 26, 2021
Published in print: Jul 1, 2021
Discussion open until: Sep 26, 2021
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