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Shaking Table Test Using Scaled Model of Reinforced Concrete Column Considering Time Variation from Similitude Conditions

 Shaking Table Test Using Scaled Model of Reinforced Concrete Column Considering Time Variation from Similitude Conditions
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Engineering the Future, Vancouver, Canada, 21-23 September 2017, published in , pp. 1790-1797
DOI: 10.2749/vancouver.2017.1790
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In a scaled model test of RC column, mortar and micro concrete are broadly used as model concrete whose material characteristics are different to that of ordinary concrete for prototype. In this ca...
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Author(s): (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University Seoul, Korea)
(Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University Seoul, Korea)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Engineering the Future, Vancouver, Canada, 21-23 September 2017
Published in:
Page(s): 1790-1797 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 1790-1797
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2017
DOI: 10.2749/vancouver.2017.1790
Abstract:

In a scaled model test of RC column, mortar and micro concrete are broadly used as model concrete whose material characteristics are different to that of ordinary concrete for prototype. In this case strain ratio which denotes scale factor of strain becomes not unity, and this is so called strain distortion. Furthermore, from nonlinear material characteristics of concrete, the strain ratio becomes not constant but variable during model tests.

In similitude law, strain ratio is related to scale factor of time. It indicates that time of input ground acceleration used for model tests should be different to that used for prototype tests when variation of strain ratio is occurred. However many researches on dynamic test using RC model have not considered this similitude requirements and this can cause errors in predictions for responses of prototype.

In this study, shaking table tests using RC scaled model considering the strain distortion and the variation of strain ratio were conducted. Predicting the variation of strain ratio by a developed analytical procedure, input ground acceleration of model was modified by following the similitude requirements. Test results shows that accuracy of prediction for response of prototype is significantly improved when using the modified input ground acceleration.

Keywords:
shaking table test RC column similitude law scaled model test strain ratio