Shaking table tests of a reinforced concrete precast building system.

Abstract

This report describes the first phase activity of the Portuguese group in the Precast Structures EC8 research projet. The Portuguese group is composed by Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) and the Civibral, S.A. Precast Company. In this phase, seismic test were made in the LNEC’s triaxial shaking table to a 2 stories RC precast structure, designed by Civibral using their usual practice. The same company supplied the precast elements and erected them directly on top of the shaking table. The rest of the tasks were performed by the LNEC staff.