1:8 scale model of 4-story steel frame structure

 

Objectives:

 

•         Documentation of a comprehensive collapse experiment with data that covers the range of response of a 4-story steel frame structure from elastic behavior to incipient collapse (Scale 1:8)

•         Evaluation of effectiveness of analytical models that explicitly  model deterioration

•         For more information visit the Shake table Collapse test Website

 

·        3 - Dimensional View of Collapse Frame on the Shaking Table

 

Mass Simulator
 

Collapse Frame
 
 


 

·        Erection of Collapse Frame at University at Buffalo

 

                                                                Figure 1: Erection of Collapse Frame

 

                                            Figure 2: Installation of Collapse Frame on the Shaking Table

 

     

                                            Figure 3: Collapse frame connected with mass simulator

 

    

                        Figure 4:  Collapse mechanism after the completion of collapse test

 

              

                    Figure 5: Base location of exterior 1st story column, after completion of the collapse test