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Real-time large-scale hybrid testing for seismic performance evaluation of smart structures

  • Mercan, Oya (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) ;
  • Ricles, James (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) ;
  • Sause, Richard (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) ;
  • Marullo, Thomas (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
  • Received : 2007.04.05
  • Accepted : 2007.12.11
  • Published : 2008.09.25
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Abstract

Numerous devices exist for reducing or eliminating seismic damage to structures. These include passive dampers, semi-active dampers, and active control devices. The performance of structural systems with these devices has often been evaluated using numerical simulations. Experiments on structural systems with these devices, particularly at large-scale, are lacking. This paper describes a real-time hybrid testing facility that has been developed at the Lehigh University NEES Equipment Site. The facility enables real-time large-scale experiments to be performed on structural systems with rate-dependent devices, thereby permitting a more complete evaluation of the seismic performance of the devices and their effectiveness in seismic hazard reduction. The hardware and integrated control architecture for hybrid testing developed at the facility are presented. An application involving the use of passive elastomeric dampers in a three story moment resisting frame subjected to earthquake ground motions is presented. The experiment focused on a test structure consisting of the damper and diagonal bracing, which was coupled to a nonlinear analytical model of the remaining part of the structure (i.e., the moment resisting frame). A tracking indictor is used to track the actuator ability to achieve the command displacement during a test, enabling the quality of the test results to be assessed. An extension of the testbed to the real-time hybrid testing of smart structures with semi-active dampers is described.

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