Experimental studies of multiple support seismic response of piping systems

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983 · Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., Pressure Vessels Piping Div., (Tech. Rep.) PVP; (United States)

OSTI ID:5452078

Kelly, J M; Cowell, A D

An extensive series of experiments on the seismic response of a model piping system in a structure has been completed on the shaking table of the Earthquake Simulator Laboratory of the Earthquake Engineering Research Center of the University of California. The purpose of these experiments is to provide data for the assessment of the accuracy of current multiple support response spectra methods of prediction of the seismic response of piping systems. The piping system tested is a half scale model. The structure in which it was located comprised two steel frames which could be interconnected to act as a single structure or unconnected to act as separate structures. The piping system was attached to several points of each structure and spanned the gap between them. The combined structure piping system model was subjected to a variety of earthquake inputs on the earthquake simulator including both historical and artificial records. The input to the model included both horizontal and vertical components simultaneously. Three different connection systems were studied including rod hangers only and rod hangers in conjunction with snubbers and springs.

• Research Organization: Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, California
• OSTI ID: 5452078
• Report Number(s): CONF-830607-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., Pressure Vessels Piping Div., (Tech. Rep.) PVP; (United States) Journal Volume: PVP-VOL 73
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACCELERATION
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BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
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