U.S.-Italy Cooperative Research: Participation in Pavia Building Tests

9312725 Atkinson这个为期两年的奖项将支持Richard Atkinson博士、Atkinson- noland Associates和意大利米兰理工大学的Luigia Binda教授之间的美意合作研究。他们将在一组精心控制的垂直和横向载荷下，对一栋全尺寸的无加固砖石建筑进行失效测试。意大利的研究计划还包括材料和基础结构的压缩测试，在结构加载之前和之后使用非破坏性测试，广泛的分析研究来预测性能，以及损坏结构的修复和重新测试。计划在意大利帕维亚进行的实验以及相关的支持性研究为美国研究人员提供了一个独特的机会，使他们能够参与一项重大研究项目，并获得适用于美国建筑基础设施的研究成果。美国从来没有测试过全尺寸的砖石建筑，而意大利将在这个研究项目下进行测试。目前美国对这类建筑性能的理解是从单个构件试验中推断出来的，或者是从观察到的在灾难性事件的主要荷载后的建筑反应中估计出来的。帕维亚实验提供了一个机会，在受控的荷载条件下，用已知的材料和已知的施工方法来测试这样的建筑。它将提供广泛的建筑响应和强度数据，这是目前无法获得的。* * *

9312725 Atkinson This two-year award will support U.S.-Italy cooperative research between Dr. Richard Atkinson, Atkinson-Noland Associates, and Professor Luigia Binda of the Politecnico di Milano in Italy. They will test to failure a full size unreinforced masonry building under a set of carefully controlled vertical and lateral loads. The Italian research plan also includes a compressive program of material and substructure tests, use of non- destructive tests prior to and after structural loading, extensive analytical studies to predict performance, and repair and retest of the damaged structure. The planned experiment in Pavia, Italy, with the associated supporting research provides a unique opportunity for U.S. investigators to participate in a major research program and to obtain research results applicable to the U.S. building infrastructure. The U.S. has never tested a full-sized, masonry building such as will be tested in Italy under this research program. Current U.S. understanding of the behavior of such building has been extrapolated from individual component tests or has been estimated from observed building response after a major loading from a catastrophic event. The Pavia experiment provides an opportunity to test such a building under controlled loading conditions, with known materials, and with known construction methods. It should provide extensive building response and strength data of a type not now available. * * *