Hybrid Testing Controller Systems and Operation. Shake table motion generation using SeismoSignal. Shake Table Testing with Earthquake Record. O More information on deployment procedure Updated hybrid testing procedure (section 5.5) Updated LVDT installation procedure (section 6.1)Īdded referenced single-ended (RSE) note to system explorer (section 6.4)Īdded actuator tuning procedure (section 3.2.5) Updated logging in hybrid testing procedure (section 5.5)Īdded section on UI-SimCor and NICON (section 5.6) Updated substructure specimen information (section 3.5.2) Modified method of calibration structure LVDTs using MAX are provided in Section 6.4.Īdded command calibration section (3.2.6)Īdded instrumentation frame section (section 3.4.3) Structural actuator (1) external command (2) LVDT and (3) Load cell in the workscope of the NI Improved Section 5.5 Hybrid Testing Procedure with the steps to input calibration equation of the In the MAX and the images of the real-time controller after important steps are provided. Specifically, steps on how to choose the Chassis Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX). Improved Section 5.3 Real-time Controller Formatting and Software Installation using NI Motion information provided (Section 4.4).Īdded Section 4.5 Shake table motion generation using Seismosignal. Improved Shake table testing procedure, added steps to load 10 ground motions with the ground Performed, including shake table test, effective force test, and pseudodynamic test in real time and with Through this equipment, various seismic experiments can be (LVDT), and a wireless sensor network set. Instrumentation available in the lab consists of accelerometers, a linear variable displacement transducer

Hydraulic actuators with the supporting hydraulic power supply and advanced real time controller.

The majorĮquipment in the LESS includes a uniaxial seismic simulator (commonly called a shake table), two 3 kips State-of-the-art facility for simulating earthquakes and the effects on small scale structures. Western Michigan University’s Laboratory of Earthquake and Structural Simulation (LESS) is located at C113 in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) building in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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