Shake Table Test of a Bamboo Frame Structure

Modern bamboo engineering material is a new fast-renewable green building material with light weight and high strength. Bamboo structure made of this material is a new structural system in China so far. A shake table test on a 1/3 scale model of a two-storey bamboo-frame pilot project were conducted, in which its dynamic responses including acceleration and relative interstory drift were tested. Finite element simulation was applied into structural analysis as well. The results indicate that this structure has satisfactory aseismatic property. Based on the results, some suggestions are put forward on aseismatic design and construction measures of bamboo frame structure.