TEST ON SEISMIC RESPONSE OF HIGH-RISE BUILDING FOCUSING ON FURNITURE AND NON-STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS: Large scale test system based on E-defense shaking table

Furniture and nonstructural components in high-rise buildings are subjected to intense seismic responses. To obtain physical data on their seismic behaviors, shaking table tests are conducted. A two-story frame is built on a concrete slab supported by rubber isolators. Cladding walls are fastened in the exterior frames. Furniture is placed on the sectioned floor. The design process of the test system is presented, and its vibration characteristics are considered. Preliminary seismic response analyses for a generic thirty-story building are conducted and referred to. Designed waves are input into the shaking table to produce the equivalent floor responses in the test system.