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- Title
- Drift capacity of a precast soft-storey building in Melbourne
- Author(s)
- Wibowo, A.; Wilson, J. L.; Gad, E. F.; Lam, N. T. K.; Collier, P.
- Abstract
- Experimental field testing of a soft-storey building in Melbourne has been undertaken. The soft-storey open ground floor was a precast concrete frame with connections significantly weaker than the members they connected. Four unique tests were conducted with combination between load directions (strong and weak) and restraints of ground slab (with or without ground slab). Displacement measurements undertaken using a number of contemporary techniques are described together with results from ambient vibration testing of the building. The experimental results showed that soft-storey columns had significant displacement capacity controlled by the column width irrespective of strength degradation. An analytical model developed to predict the force-displacement relationship of the tested frame including the influences of connection strength at column ends, gravity rocking strength and ground slab restraint are briefly described and compared with the experimental results.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
- Source
- Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 11, no. 3 (May 2011), pp. 178-195
- Publication year
- 2011
- FOR Code(s)
- 0905 Civil Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Australia; Buildings; Drift capacity; Drift demand; Melbourne; Precast concrete construction; Seismic performance; Soft-storey buildings; Soft-storey columns; Soft-storey structures
- Publisher
- Engineers Australia
- ISSN
- 1328-7982
- Publisher URL
- http://www.engineersmedia.com.au/journals/ajse.html
- Copyright
- Copyright © Institution of Engineers Australia, 2011.
- Research Projects
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Collapse modelling of soft storey buildings, Australian Research Council grant number DP0772088
- Additional information
- This paper is an extended version of the paper, 'Collapse modelling analysis of a precast soft-storey building in Melbourne', presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society (AEES), Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 11-13 December 2009: see http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/81040.
- Peer reviewed
