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Dynamic Testing of Shear Frame Model

A two-story steel shear frame model is tested on a shake table to analyze its dynamic properties under different ground motions. The frame is subjected to harmonic loads of varying frequency and earthquake recordings, with accelerations measured at each floor. The student must plot acceleration vs. time graphs for each test and estimate the frame's natural frequency and damping from the experimental data.

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Dynamic Testing of Shear Frame Model

A two-story steel shear frame model is tested on a shake table to analyze its dynamic properties under different ground motions. The frame is subjected to harmonic loads of varying frequency and earthquake recordings, with accelerations measured at each floor. The student must plot acceleration vs. time graphs for each test and estimate the frame's natural frequency and damping from the experimental data.

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BEng Civil Engineering

Structures and Design A

Laboratory: Dynamic Properties of a Shear Frame with Two Degrees of Freedom

Figure 1

A model of a two-storey shear frame is to be tested in the laboratory using an


instructional shake table shown in Figure1. The geometry and material properties are:
Column sizes d=1.13mm, b=108.3mm, height 500mm, material steel E=200GPa.
Floor length is 310mm, mass of floor 1 is 2.05kg, mass of floor 2 is 1.85kg.

The frame is subjected to a ground motion and the accelerations at two levels are
plotted. The data are recorded in an excel file. Two different type loads are used:
a) Harmonic motion, where the amplitude remains constant at 10mm and
frequency of the ground motion is varied at 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75 and 2 Hz.
b) The earthquake load from four different earthquakes.

You are required to:


 For each of the loads plot the acceleration vs time graphs at the two floor levels.
 Estimate natural frequency and damping of this frame and discuss what other
information can be gained from the experimental data.

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