Friday, April 11, 2014 The largest shake table experiment ever conducted shook this full-size seven-story condominium built at the Japanese National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster …

describing the 2009 NEESWood Capstone full-scale tests conducted at the E-Defense shake table in Japan. The numerical portion of the paper starts with verification of the proposed methodol-ogy using simulated measurements from a nonlinear model of the NEESWood Capstone building under input motions during the full-scale tests.

In August 2011, a monumental series of shake table tests were completed at the Hyogo Earthquake Engineering Research Center, otherwise known as E-Defense, of the National Research Institute of Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, through energized collaboration of U.S. and Japan researchers.

SHAKE TABLE TESTING OF A SEVEN-STORY MIXED-USE CONDOMINIUM AT JAPAN'S E-DEFENSE J.W. van de Lindt1, S.E. Pryor2, and S. Pei3 ABSTRACT Mixed-use construction is becoming more popular as urban revitalization of downtown areas is being pursued by cities throughout the Western U.S.

National research Institute for Earth science and Disaster prevention in Japan (NIED) is constructing the so-called E-Defense or the world's largest three-dimensional (3-D) full-scale shake table in Miki city near Kobe. General view of E-Defense is shown in Photo 1.

Following the Hyogoken Nanbu Earthquake, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster prevention (NIED) constructed a 3-D Full Scale Earthquake Testing Facility …

The large-scale, soil-structure interaction experiment of underground structures under dynamic loading conducted on the E-Defense shake table in Miki, Japan, in February 2012 provides the unique opportunity to study local and global behavior of tunnel-shaft systems installed in a laminar soil container under a series of two …

3. Shake Table Test Setup Between December 14, 2020 and December 17, 2020, full-scale shake table testing was performed with the Frame-Spine-FLC System at the E-Defense facility, Natio nal Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, in Japan. The goal of testing was to validate the concept of the Frame-Spine-FLC System. Two

E-Defense, which is operated by the Japanese National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, currently …

The testing will consist of different levels of simulated earthquake intensities on the E-defense shake table and a series of structural retrofits on the houses throughout the experiment. "One part of our work will be to collect damage and restoration repair data using different levels of seismic intensity until a structure collapse occurs ...

National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevension, Japan SUMMARY: A series of E-Defense shake table tests with a large-scale soil-underground structure specimen was conducted at the end of February, 2012 in order to investigate on interaction between soil and underground structures.

The world's largest shaking table, which can simulate high level ground motions, is taking shape in Japan. The opportunities and challenges provided through this facility are great. It will be a focus of full-scale …

Located just north of Kobe in Miki City, Japan, the E-Defense shake table measures approximately 65 by 49 ft. and can support building experiments weighing …

Prevention (NIED) has constructed the world's largest shaking table facility, known as E-Defense, shown in Figure 1. Located in Miki City, northwest of Kobe, E-Defense is the largest and most technologically advanced test facility in the world. It boasts a 20x 1 5m shake table, which is capable of testing full scale structures of up to

UC's shake table will be the largest outdoor shaking table and the second largest in the world after Japan's indoor E-Defense table. It's a pretty impressive feat and you can live stream the construction process along the way. It's not much to look at now, but closer to the October 2021 launch, it certainly will be.

The LHPOST has the largest payload capacity in the world and ranks second in size after Japan's E-Defense shake table. The tallest structures ever tested on a shake table have used the LHPOST, which …

12MN (1200tonf) Shaking Direction X, Y –Horizontal Z -Vertical Max. Acceleration （ X, Y –Horizontal ）900cm/s2 （ Z -Vertical ）1500cm/s2 Max. Velocity （ X, Y –Horizontal ） 200cm/s （ Z -Vertical ） 70cm/s …

The large-scale, soil-structure interaction experiment of underground structures under dynamic loading conducted on the E-Defense shake table in Miki, …

A full-scale 5-story steel moment frame building was subjected to a series of earthquake excitations using the E-Defense shake table in August, 2011. For one of the test configurations, the building was seismically isolated by a hybrid system of lead-rubber bearings and low friction roller bearings known as cross-linear bearings, and was ...

A major research project on steel buildings utilizing the E-Defense three-dimensional shake table facility is underway in Japan. It involves several studies on moment frames, innovative methods for new or existing buildings, protective systems, and nonstructural elements.

E-Defense Shake-table Test of a Building Designed for Post-disaster Functionality Trevor Zhiqing Yeow, Koichi Kusunoki, Izumi Nakamura, Yo Hibino, Satoru Fukai & Walid Ahmad Safi Pages 5153-5174 | Received 10 May 2020, Accepted 13 Dec 2020, Published online: 03 Feb 2021 Download citation https://doi/10.1080/13632469.2020.1865219

The system was recently tested at full scale at the E-Defense shake-table facility in Miki, Japan. This paper provides an overview of pre-test numerical simulations, shake-table …

The data sets generated from E-Defense shake table experiments of a full-scale, five-story building tested with two innovative isolation systems and in the fixed-base configuration are available in the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Project Warehouse. The experiments included an integrated subassemblage of partition …

Six-degree-of-freedom LHPOST6 will be the nation's largest, most sophisticated shake table 2020 was a busy year for the team at the NHERI UC San Diego experimental facility. Despite delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the upgrade to the Large High-Performance Outdoor Shake Table, LHPOST, now called LHPOST6, is …

E-Defense, which is operated by the Japanese National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, currently contains the world's largest 3-dimensional shaking table (size:...

E-Defense Shake-table Test of a Building Designed for Post-disaster Functionality Trevor Zhiqing Yeow, Koichi Kusunoki, Izumi Nakamura, Yo Hibino, Satoru Fukai & Walid …

of E-Defense shake table tests was performed in February, 2012 in order to gain better . understanding on soil-structure interaction. The speci men was composed of 2 different soil strata .

This test is part of the E-Defense/NEES Collaborative Research Program on Earthquake Engineering and focuses on a comparison of U.S. and Japanese design practices for constructing reinforced concrete bridges, and on developing test models for subsequent tests on the E-Defense Shaking Table in Japan. ( …

3. Shake Table Test Setup . Between December 14, 2020 and December 17, 2020, full-scale shake table testing was performed with the Frame-Spine-FLC System at the E -Defense facility, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, in Japan. The goal of testing was to validate the concept of the Frame-FLC System. Two …

This paper presents the results of a large-scale shake table test at E-Defense facility on a pile group located adjacent to a gravity-type quay wall and were subjected to liquefaction-induced large ground displacements. Extensive liquefaction-induced large ground lateral spreading displaced the quay wall about 2.2 m and …

Two large-scale shake table tests on lateral spreading of liquefied sand behind quay walls were conducted at E-Defense facility during 2006. The first experiment comprised a sheet-pile quay wall and a 2×3 pile group behind the quay wall in landside which details can be found in Motamed et al. [21].The second test which was conducted …

Shake table tests in E-Defense were conducted on the full-scale Japanese post-and-beam type wooden houses using more than 10 test models including traditional type Japanese wooden houses. In this paper, the experimental results by E-Defense will be described.

The system was recently tested at full scale at the E-Defense shake-table facility in Miki, Japan. This paper provides an overview of pre-test numerical simulations, shake-table test setup and instrumentation, and preliminary test results. Keywords: shake table testing; steel-framed building; spine; force-limiting connection 1.

Using a large-scale specimen of soil-underground structures with in-ground connections, a series of E-Defense shake table tests was performed in February, 2012 in order to gain better...

The LHPOST has the largest payload capacity in the world and ranks second in size after Japan's E-Defense shake table. The tallest structures ever tested on a shake table have used the LHPOST, which has no roof overhead, and is therefore free from height or crane capacity restrictions. Tall cranes and heavy lifting equipment can easily be ...