TY - GEN
T1 - Advances and innovations at the multi-axial full-scale substructure testing and simulation (MUST-SIM) facility
AU - Spencer, B. F.
AU - Kuchma, Daniel A.
AU - Elnashai, Amr S.
AU - Chang, Chia Ming
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. All rights reserved.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The Multi-axial Full-scale Substructure Testing and Simulation (MUST-SIM) facility at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is part of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). In this facility, full-scale structures or structural subassemblages can be subjected to complex loading and deformation states at multiple connection points on the test specimen, including the connection between the test structure and its foundation. The MUST-SIM facility has the following unique features: (i) 6-DOF load and position control capabilities at multiple connection points, (ii) multiple dense arrays of non-contact measurement devices, and (iii) advanced nonlinear analysis, visualization, and data archiving and manipulation capabilities to enable integrated data exchange and manipulation, hybrid simulation (UI-SimCor), remote control and observation, and multi-site collaboration within a networked environment. This paper will present several successful implementations that illustrate recent advances and innovations at the MUST-SIM facility.
AB - The Multi-axial Full-scale Substructure Testing and Simulation (MUST-SIM) facility at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is part of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). In this facility, full-scale structures or structural subassemblages can be subjected to complex loading and deformation states at multiple connection points on the test specimen, including the connection between the test structure and its foundation. The MUST-SIM facility has the following unique features: (i) 6-DOF load and position control capabilities at multiple connection points, (ii) multiple dense arrays of non-contact measurement devices, and (iii) advanced nonlinear analysis, visualization, and data archiving and manipulation capabilities to enable integrated data exchange and manipulation, hybrid simulation (UI-SimCor), remote control and observation, and multi-site collaboration within a networked environment. This paper will present several successful implementations that illustrate recent advances and innovations at the MUST-SIM facility.
KW - Advanced Instrumentation
KW - Hybrid Simulation
KW - LBCB
KW - MUST-SIM Facility
KW - UI-SimCor
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85057602546
T3 - International Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering
BT - 5th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering, AESE 2013
PB - EUCENTRE
T2 - 5th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering, AESE 2013
Y2 - 8 November 2013 through 9 November 2013
ER -