8/12/2019 CNRRS-Structural Testing Laboratory

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National Center forSeismic Risk Reduction

JapanInternationalCooperation Agency

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Viorel Popa 1) & Drago Co ofan 1)1)

National Center for Seismic Risk Reduction &Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania

Division IDivision I STRUCTURAL TESTING LABORATORYSTRUCTURAL TESTING LABORATORY

REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNSREINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNS REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABSREINFORCED CONCRETE SLABSSTRUCTURAL TESTING EQUIPMENTSTRUCTURAL TESTING EQUIPMENT

EXPERIMENTAL WORKEXPERIMENTAL WORK EXPERIMENTAL WORKEXPERIMENTAL WORK

REACTION FRAMEREACTION FRAME

RETROFFITINGRETROFFITING FRP JACKETINGFRP JACKETING REINFORCED CONCRETE WALLSREINFORCED CONCRETE WALLS

BASIC TEST SETUPBASIC TEST SETUP

The structural testing equipment was installed at UTCB inThe structural testing equipment was installed at UTCB in2004. It consists of a reaction frame and digital controlled2004. It consists of a reaction frame and digital controlled

loading and data acquisition systems.loading and data acquisition systems.

7 . 6

0 m

9.70 m

2 0 0 t

100t

200mm 200mm

1 0 0 m m

200mm

100t

200mm

Force- Displacement

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- 12 - 10 - 8 - 6 -4 - 2 0 2 4 6 8 1 0 1 2

Displacement(mm )

F o r c e

( t o n

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RETROFITTINGRETROFITTING RC JACKETINGRC JACKETING UNBONDED BRACESUNBONDED BRACES

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100

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s equ pmen can e use o per orm e o ow ngs equ pmen can e use o per orm e o ow ngtypes of structural tests:types of structural tests:

--Bending with shear for beam type elementsBending with shear for beam type elements--Axial force for brace type elementsAxial force for brace type elements

-- Bending with shear and axial force for columns, wallsBending with shear and axial force for columns, wallsand portal framesand portal frames

--Bending and shear for frames jointsBending and shear for frames joints

Reaction frame capacity (max. specimen sizes)Reaction frame capacity (max. specimen sizes)--Height 2.50mHeight 2.50m--Length 3,00mLength 3,00m

--Weight 7,0tWeight 7,0t

-300

-200

-100

-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

LOAD CONTROL & MEASUREMENTLOAD CONTROL & MEASUREMENT

Technical University of Civil

PARTNERSPARTNERS & SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION& SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION

MASONRY WALLSMASONRY WALLSPOSTPOST- -INSTALLED ANCHORSINSTALLED ANCHORS

, ,Romania

National Institute for Research andDevelopment in Construction and

Construction Economics(INCERC), Romania

National Institute for Land,Infrastructure and Management,

(NILIM), Japan

Building Research Institute(BRI), Japan