NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility With Large-Scale Multi-Directional Hybrid Simulation Testing Capabilities
The NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility, as part of the NSF-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) program, was established in 2016 as an open-access facility. This facility enables researchers to conduct state-of-art research on natural hazard mitigation in civil infrastr...
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doaj-0de7b1aea7d443b6a2e67892d8e9a1622020-11-25T02:55:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Built Environment2297-33622020-07-01610.3389/fbuil.2020.00107534229NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility With Large-Scale Multi-Directional Hybrid Simulation Testing CapabilitiesLiang Cao0Thomas Marullo1Safwan Al-Subaihawi2Chinmoy Kolay3Alia Amer4James Ricles5James Ricles6Richard Sause7Richard Sause8Chad S. Kusko9ATLSS Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United StatesATLSS Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United StatesDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United StatesDepartment of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, IndiaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United StatesATLSS Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United StatesDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United StatesATLSS Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United StatesDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United StatesATLSS Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United StatesThe NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility, as part of the NSF-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) program, was established in 2016 as an open-access facility. This facility enables researchers to conduct state-of-art research on natural hazard mitigation in civil infrastructure systems, including high-performance numerical and physical testing to improve the resilience and sustainability of the civil infrastructure against natural hazards. The facility has the unique ability to conduct real-time multi-directional hybrid simulation (RTHS) on large-scale structural systems using 3D non-linear numerical models combined with large-scale physical models of structural and non-structural components. The Lehigh Experimental Facility possesses testbeds that include a lateral load-resisting system characterization testbed, a non-structural component multi-directional dynamic loading simulator, full-scale and reduced-scale damper testbeds, a tsunami and storm surge debris impact force testbed, and a soil-foundation structure interaction testbed. This paper describes the infrastructure and capabilities of the NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility. Developments by the facility in advancing large-scale RTHS are detailed. Examples of research projects performed by users of the facility are then provided, including large-scale RTHS of steel frame buildings with magneto-rheological (MR) dampers and non-linear viscous dampers subject to strong earthquake ground motions; 3D multi-hazard large-scale RTHS of tall steel buildings subject to multi-directional wind and earthquake ground motions; characterization of a novel semi-active friction device based on band brake technology; and testing of cross-laminated timber self-centering coupled wall-floor diaphragm-gravity systems involving multi-directional loading.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbuil.2020.00107/fulllarge-scale experimentsreal-time hybrid simulationmulti-directionalstructural controlmulti-hazard |
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Liang Cao Thomas Marullo Safwan Al-Subaihawi Chinmoy Kolay Alia Amer James Ricles James Ricles Richard Sause Richard Sause Chad S. Kusko NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility With Large-Scale Multi-Directional Hybrid Simulation Testing Capabilities Frontiers in Built Environment large-scale experiments real-time hybrid simulation multi-directional structural control multi-hazard |
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Liang Cao Thomas Marullo Safwan Al-Subaihawi Chinmoy Kolay Alia Amer James Ricles James Ricles Richard Sause Richard Sause Chad S. Kusko |
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NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility With Large-Scale Multi-Directional Hybrid Simulation Testing Capabilities |
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NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility With Large-Scale Multi-Directional Hybrid Simulation Testing Capabilities |
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NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility With Large-Scale Multi-Directional Hybrid Simulation Testing Capabilities |
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NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility With Large-Scale Multi-Directional Hybrid Simulation Testing Capabilities |
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NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility With Large-Scale Multi-Directional Hybrid Simulation Testing Capabilities |
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nheri lehigh experimental facility with large-scale multi-directional hybrid simulation testing capabilities |
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Frontiers in Built Environment |
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The NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility, as part of the NSF-funded Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) program, was established in 2016 as an open-access facility. This facility enables researchers to conduct state-of-art research on natural hazard mitigation in civil infrastructure systems, including high-performance numerical and physical testing to improve the resilience and sustainability of the civil infrastructure against natural hazards. The facility has the unique ability to conduct real-time multi-directional hybrid simulation (RTHS) on large-scale structural systems using 3D non-linear numerical models combined with large-scale physical models of structural and non-structural components. The Lehigh Experimental Facility possesses testbeds that include a lateral load-resisting system characterization testbed, a non-structural component multi-directional dynamic loading simulator, full-scale and reduced-scale damper testbeds, a tsunami and storm surge debris impact force testbed, and a soil-foundation structure interaction testbed. This paper describes the infrastructure and capabilities of the NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility. Developments by the facility in advancing large-scale RTHS are detailed. Examples of research projects performed by users of the facility are then provided, including large-scale RTHS of steel frame buildings with magneto-rheological (MR) dampers and non-linear viscous dampers subject to strong earthquake ground motions; 3D multi-hazard large-scale RTHS of tall steel buildings subject to multi-directional wind and earthquake ground motions; characterization of a novel semi-active friction device based on band brake technology; and testing of cross-laminated timber self-centering coupled wall-floor diaphragm-gravity systems involving multi-directional loading. |
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large-scale experiments real-time hybrid simulation multi-directional structural control multi-hazard |
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