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Non-structural Elements Experimental Testing

Seismic Demands on Sprinkler Piping Systems: Findings from a Shake Table Testing Program & Relevance to NZ Standards

Posted on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 by Greg.Preston

Fire sprinkler piping systems have intricate layouts on building floors that lead to complex distribution of demands in various segments of the system under seismic floor excitation. The New Zealand

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Non-structural Elements Experimental Testing

Seismic Performance of ‘Rocking’ Dual-slot Track Internal Partition Walls with Concealed Joints Under Lateral Cyclic Drift Demands

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Greg.Preston

This paper reports the seismic performance of two ‘rocking’ internal plasterboard partition wall specimens comprising dual-slot tracks (DST) with a) sacrificial L-trim (SLT) joints and b) boxed end-studs and standard

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Non-structural Elements Experimental Testing

Seismic Performance Characterization of Fire Sprinkler Piping Systems Through Shake Table Testing

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Greg.Preston

Fire sprinkler systems damaged during earthquakes can compromise the functionality of a building facility either by loss of fire protection and/or by damage due to flooding. Shake table tests were

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Non-structural Elements Experimental Testing

Theoretical and Experimental Evaluation of Timber-Framed Partitions Under Lateral Drift

Posted on June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 by Greg.Preston

This paper identifies the inherent strengths/weaknesses of rigid timber-framed partitions and quantifies the onset drifts for different damage thresholds under a unidirectional quasi-static cyclic loading. It reports construction and testing

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Non-structural Elements Experimental Testing

Shake Table Testing Plan for Multiple Non-Structural Elements & Contents in a Low-Damage Structural Steel Building

Posted on June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 by Greg.Preston

The Robust Building Systems (ROBUST) project is aimed at enhancing the seismic resilience of buildings by introducing and validating low-damage concepts for the structural and non-structural elements (NSEs). A three-story,

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Non-structural Elements Experimental Testing

Shake Table Testing of Fire Sprinkler Piping Systems Typical of NZ Practices

Posted on June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 by Greg.Preston

An automatic fire sprinkler piping system is an essential non-structural element which can have major impacts on both the fire safety and building functionality (e.g. flooding damage) if damaged during

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Non-structural Elements Experimental Testing

Performance of Precast Cladding Panels with Rocking Connections Under Lateral Cyclic Loading

Posted on June 7, 2022June 27, 2022 by Greg.Preston

Several concrete cladding panels were damaged during the 2011 Christchurch Earthquakes in New Zealand. Damage included partial collapse of panels,  rupture of joint sealants, cracking and corner crushing. Installation errors,

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Non-structural Elements Experimental Testing

Low-Damage Rocking Precast Concrete Cladding Panels: Design Approach and Experimental Validation

Posted on June 7, 2022June 27, 2022 by Greg.Preston

This paper presents the development (concept, design, detailing, and fabrication) and experimental validation of a novel low-damage precast concrete cladding panel system that can accommodate significant inter-story drift demand through

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Non-structural Elements Experimental Testing

Experimental Seismic Performance of Plasterboard Partition Walls With Seismic Gaps

Posted on June 7, 2022June 27, 2022 by Greg.Preston

It is now widely recognized that the performance of non-structural elements is crucial to the performance of building systems during earthquakes. Field surveys and experimental studies have shown that light

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Non-structural Elements Experimental Testing

Experimental Seismic Performance of Partly-Sliding Partition Walls

Posted on June 7, 2022June 27, 2022 by Greg.Preston

Plasterboard partition walls typically used in commercial buildings are especially sensitive to earthquakes, with the onset of cosmetic damage initiating at small values of interstorey drift. The most common partition

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