Shaking Table Test of Scaled 1/5 EPS Embankment Model

Autor: Tsuyoshi Nishi, Kazuya Yasuhara, Hiroyuki Kyokawa, Keiichi Taneichi, Junichi Koseki, Takeharu Konami, Tatsuro Kubota
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: 5th International Conference on Geofoam Blocks in Construction Applications ISBN: 9783319789804
Popis: A large earthquake in the Kumamoto district in the south of Japan in April 2016 occurred twice within 28 h with a magnitude class 6.5. Due to this earthquake many houses and roads collapsed. In order to investigate the behavior of EPS embankments when a large-scale earthquake acts consecutively, an EPS embankment model with a scale of 1/5 was built and a shaking table experiment was conducted using the shaking table (3 m × 2 m) at the University of Tokyo. The EPS embankment was found to cause rocking phenomenon due to seismic motion. As a countermeasure, in addition to the effect of an improved Joint Metal Binder (JBM), the effect of applying a larger number of JMBs was also investigated.
Databáze: OpenAIRE