Experiences, accomplishments, lessons, and challenges of E‐defense—Tests using world's largest shaking table

M Nakashima, T Nagae, R Enokida… - Japan Architectural …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
E‐Defense, which is operated by the Japanese National Research Institute for Earth
Science and Disaster Resilience, currently contains the world's largest 3‐dimensional …

Elastic local buckling strength of I-beam cantilevers subjected to bending moment and shear force based on flange–web interaction

Y Kimura, SM Fujak, A Suzuki - Thin-Walled Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This research is aimed at investigating the elastic buckling strength of I-beam cantilevers. In
the section classification and in the design both, the understanding of the load that the beam …

Estimation of elastoplastic local buckling capacities and novel classification of I-beams based on beam's elastic local buckling strength

SM Fujak, Y Kimura, A Suzuki - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Elastoplastic local buckling of beams is a phenomenon that can potentially lead to the
collapse of structures. It has been analysed in previous attempts; however, this research …

Estimation of ultimate capacities of Moment-Resisting Frame's subassemblies with Mid-Storey Pin connection based on elastoplastic local buckling

SM Fujak, A Suzuki, Y Kimura - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This research proposes a novel method of Mid-Storey Pin Moment-Resisting Frames'(MSP
MRFs) ultimate capacity estimation. Shell and solid numerical models with initial …

Verification of system identification utilizing shaking table tests of a full‐scale 4‐story steel building

Y Ikeda - Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper verifies the feasibility of the proposed system identification methods by utilizing
shaking table tests of a full‐scale four‐story steel building at E‐Defense in Japan. The …

Super‐detailed FEM simulations for full‐scale steel structure with fatal rupture at joints between members—Shaking‐table test of full‐scale steel frame structure to …

Y Mizushima, Y Mukai, H Namba… - Japan Architectural …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There have been several studies on analyses using finely meshed finite‐element (FE)
models to understand in detail the behaviors of buildings during severe earthquakes. The …

Structural collapse correlative analysis using phenomenological fiber hinge elements to simulate two‐directional column deteriorations

K Kasai, TT Nam, BF Maison - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents three‐dimensional nonlinear dynamic analyses of a full‐scale four‐
story steel building tested to collapse in 2007 at the E‐Defense shake‐table facility in Japan …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic and Post-Seismic Ductility and Forces of Mid-Story Pin Moment-Resisting Frames Based on Scale of Local Deformation of I-Beam's Segments

A Suzuki, R Che, Y Kimura - Applied Mechanics, 2024 - mdpi.com
A mid-story pin system to avoid moment-resisting frame column failure during seismic action
was proposed recently. The solution consists of a reinforced concrete (RC) pier protruding …

Damage detection based on stiffness identification in time domain for poly‐linear hysteresis using sparse modeling

K Nabeshima - Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The physical parameter identification of the dynamic mechanical model, such as stiffness
identification, provides some valuable information for detecting post‐earthquake damage to …

Blind analysis on the shaking table test of a 7-story reinforced concrete building using a detailed finite element model

Y Mizushima, T Kinoshita - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Blind analysis conducted with hidden experimental data is needed to examine the accuracy
of numerical model results without any arbitrary tunning. For this purpose, the National …