NEES @ UIUC NEES @ UIUC George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Multi-Axial Full-Scale Sub-Structures Testing and Simulation Facility (MUST-SIM) - Construction of Strong Wall in Newmark Structural Engineering Laboratory NEES@UIUC (MUST-SIM) PIs: Amr Elnashai, Dan Kuchma, Bill Spencer, Jamshid Ghaboussi, Youssef Hashash, and Andrew Alleyne 24’ 24’ 24’ 24’ 24’ 48’ D oor or 50’ 24’ 5’ 5’ F inishe d S u rfa ces Specifications Dim ensions: Long Leg 50 ft(15.2 m ) ShortLeg 30 ft(9.1 m ) H eight 28 ft(8.5 m ) Thickness 5 ft(1.5 m ) OverallW eight: 1.5 m illion pounds Post-tensioning: Strong W allispost-tensioned to strong floorw ith 81 Φ 2.5 inch high strength rods(Totaldow nw ard posttension force is50 m illion pounds) Tentative CastD ate: January 19, 2004 Concrete: Self-Consolidating (i.e. highly fluid)concrete Cast: 8 hourpour, 50 concrete trucks What is NEES@UIUC (MUST-SIM)? As one of 15 experiment sites, Multi-Axial Full-Scale Sub-Structuring Testing & Simulation Facility (MUST-SIM) locates in Newmark Structural Engineering Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. MUST-SIM develops a new vision for integrated physical and analytical simulation for seismic assessment of complete systems. The Load and Boundary Condition Boxes (LBCBs) allow precise control of the action/deformation at the interface between the numerical and the physical simulations, resulting in high fidelity representation of the system under investigation. Advanced, non-contact instrumentation yields a greater density of information than previously available. High-end display hardware, combined with data fusion software, is used for output visualization thus enabling enhanced understanding of seismic response. The MUST-SIM facility aims to integrate the efforts of geotechnical and structural engineers, as well as experimentalists and analysts. What is NEES? NEES, the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, is a national, networked, simulation resource that includes geographically-distributed, shared-use, next-generation experimental research Equipment Sites built and operated to advance earthquake engineering research and education through collaborative and integrated experimentation, theory, data archiving, and model- based simulation. The goal of NEES is to accelerate progress in earthquake engineering research and to improve the seismic design and performance of civil and mechanical infrastructure systems through the integration of people, ideas, and tools in a collaboratory environment. Open access to and use of NEES research facilities and data by all elements of the earthquake engineering community, including researchers, educators, students, practitioners, and information technology experts, is a key element of this goal – Article III, Section 2, Bylaws of NEES Consortium, Inc. Conceptual Design Computational Simulation Application Example

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NEES @ UIUCNEES @ UIUCGeorge E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation

Multi-Axial Full-Scale Sub-Structures Testing and Simulation Facility (MUST-SIM) - Construction of Strong Wall in Newmark Structural Engineering Laboratory

NEES@UIUC (MUST-SIM)

PIs: Amr Elnashai, Dan Kuchma, Bill Spencer, Jamshid Ghaboussi, Youssef Hashash, and Andrew Alleyne

24’ 24 ’ 24’ 24’ 24 ’ 24 ’ 24’

48 ’

Door Door

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F igure 1 : P lan V iew of N ew m ark Structura l E ng ineering Labora tory w ith Strong W all Show n

50’

24’

5 ’

F in ished Surfaces

Specifications Dimensions:

Long Leg 50 ft (15.2 m) Short Leg 30 ft (9.1 m) Height 28 ft (8.5 m) Thickness 5 ft (1.5 m)

Overall Weight: 1.5 million pounds Post-tensioning: Strong Wall is post-tensioned to strong floor with

81 Φ2.5 inch high strength rods (Total downward post tension force is 50 million pounds)

Tentative Cast Date: January 19, 2004 Concrete: Self-Consolidating (i.e. highly fluid) concrete Cast: 8 hour pour, 50 concrete trucks

What is NEES@UIUC (MUST-SIM)?As one of 15 experiment sites, Multi-Axial Full-Scale Sub-Structuring Testing & Simulation Facility (MUST-SIM) locates in Newmark Structural Engineering Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

MUST-SIM develops a new vision for integrated physical and analytical simulation for seismic assessment of complete systems. The Load and Boundary Condition Boxes (LBCBs) allow precise control of the action/deformation at the interface between the numerical and the physical simulations, resulting in high fidelity representation of the system under investigation. Advanced, non-contact instrumentation yields a greater density of information than previously available. High-end display hardware, combined with data fusion software, is used for output visualization thus enabling enhanced understanding of seismic response. The MUST-SIM facility aims to integrate the efforts of geotechnical and structural engineers, as well as experimentalists and analysts.

What is NEES?

NEES, the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, is a national, networked, simulation resource that includes geographically-distributed, shared-use, next-generation experimental research Equipment Sites built and operated to advance earthquake engineering research and education through collaborative and integrated experimentation, theory, data archiving, and model-based simulation. The goal of NEES is to accelerate progress in earthquake engineering research and to improve the seismic design and performance of civil and mechanical infrastructure systems through the integration of people, ideas, and tools in a collaboratory environment. Open access to and use of NEES research facilities and data by all elements of the earthquake engineering community, including researchers, educators, students, practitioners, and information technology experts, is a key element of this goal – Article III, Section 2, Bylaws of NEES Consortium, Inc.

Conceptual Design

Computational Simulation

Application Example

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