FULL-SCALE 3-D SHAKE TABLE TEST OF A TEN-STORY MASS TIMBER BUILDING
Shiling Pei, John W. van de Lindt, Jeffrey W. Berman, Keri L. Ryan, J. Daniel Dolan, Steve Pryor, Sarah Wichman, Aleesha Busch, Reid B. Zimmerman
Abstract
This paper provides a summary of the design, construction, and test planning of a shake table test program of a full-scale ten-story mass timber building. The shake table test program is a component of the experimental research work conducted as part of the NHERI TallWood project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The goal of the NHERI TallWood project is to develop resilience-based seismic design methods for tall wood buildings through the adoption of a mass timber rocking wall lateral system and various detailing strategies for deformation-tolerant structural and non-structural connections and subassemblies. In this paper, the design configuration of the test structure is introduced, the construction process of both the structural and non-structural systems is explained, and the intended testing plan is presented. At the time of this writing, the construction of the building has been completed while the instrumentation process is ongoing.