NEFOREEE PROJECT – TASK 2 Complementary nature of shaking tables and reaction walls: LNEC experimental program over Dorka and Jarret energy dissipation devices

Abstract

This Report corresponds to Task 2 of the NEFOREEE (New Fields of Research in Earthquake Engineering Experimentation) Project and comprises the description of the LNEC triaxial seismic platform and a presentation of the experimental program developed in the scope of this Project. It is presented a description of the facility and the 3D seismic table with graphical support, drawings of sizing and photographs, as well as its control system. The main instrumentation available at the NESDE laboratory and used for this test is also included in this report. The model tested is described as well as the sequence of tests and the corresponding obtained results. Finally a brief analysis of the results is made.