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000011670 100__ $$aSideris, Petros
000011670 24500 $$aExperimental Performance Evaluation of Inclined Shelving for Steel Pallet Type Storage Racks

000011670 24630 $$n14.$$pProceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
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000011670 520__ $$2eng$$aThis paper focuses on the earthquake response of merchandise stored in steel storage racks and introduces the concept of inclined shelving as a measure for reduction of the seismically induced life safety hazards due to falling rack contents. The concept of inclined shelves refers to back-to-back or back-to-wall rack configurations with their shelves slightly tilted towards the inside or towards the wall, respectively, and represents the anticipated tendency of the merchandise to move inwards, when in motion, due to the contribution of the weight component parallel to the inclined shelf. The efficacy of this concept is verified experimentally through a series of shake table tests for a single level shelving system using two sets of ground motions associated with the seismicity of Western United States and Eastern North America. The experimental fragility at the 2% in 50 years seismic hazard level is computed for the case of horizontal and slightly tilted shelves for both sets. The results clearly show that the concept of inclined shelving can provide significant reduction of the pallet shedding fragility.

000011670 540__ $$aText je chráněný podle autorského zákona č. 121/2000 Sb.
000011670 653__ $$aShake table tests, steel storage racks, inclined shelves, experimental fragility, merchandise shedding

000011670 7112_ $$a14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering$$cBejing (CN)$$d2008-10-12 / 2008-10-17$$gWCEE15
000011670 720__ $$aSideris, Petros$$iFiliatrault, Andre$$iLeclerc, Martin$$iTremblay , Robert
000011670 8560_ $$ffischerc@itam.cas.cz
000011670 8564_ $$s441072$$uhttps://invenio.itam.cas.cz/record/11670/files/12-01-0009.pdf$$yOriginal version of the author's contribution as presented on CD, Paper ID: 12-01-0009.
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