The E-Defense, which is the world's largest three-dimensional (3D) full-scale earthquake shaking table test facility, was built by the National Research Institute for Ear [...]

The E-Defense, which is the world’s largest three-dimensional (3D) full-scale earthquake shaking table test facility, was built by the National Research Institute for E [...]

The purpose of this study is to establish the evaluation method for the critical section of beam-column joint of reinforced concrete frame with non-structural walls. The [...]

A series of earthquake and tsunami loading tests of reinforced concrete buildings with soft-first story were conducted to identify the effects of earthquake shaking prece [...]

This paper presents the analytical model for 5 story full-scale RC moment frame with wing walls done at Building Research Institute's laboratory in 2014.To predict the ba [...]

The paper shows the static loading test results on full-scale reinforced concrete building utilizing columns with wing walls. The specimen is a five-story reinforced conc [...]

A 6-story full-scale reinforced concrete building subjected to severe earthquake loading simulated by E-Defense at Kobe, Japan experienced the collapse process which was [...]

In this paper, nonlinear response analysis and soil-structure interaction theory are presented based on the simulation of the full-scale shake table test to quantify the [...]

The great Wenchuan Earthquake on May 12, 2008, caused serious damages to buildings in major cities of Sichuan Province, Mid China, due to which more than several ten thou [...]

E-Defense, the world largest three-dimensional earthquake simulator, has been operated and available for shake table tests since 2005. A five-year national project on sei [...]