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Qualification of Large Testing Facilities in Earthquake Engineering Research

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Role of Seismic Testing Facilities in Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering

Part of the book series: Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering ((GGEE,volume 22))

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Abstract

The qualification of large testing facilities serving in earthquake engineering research and the management of the instrumentation are the central issues of this paper. The main aspects of instrumentation management and seismic test methods are presented, commented upon and critically assessed based on both the answers to a questionnaire and the outcomes of the SERIES Workshop about the Qualification of Facilities held in Ohrid, MK. On the basis of the results presented herein and the proposals and comments formulated at the Ohrid workshop, a roadmap for the qualification of earthquake research laboratories will be drawn up.

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Acknowledgements

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007-2013] under grant agreement n° 227887 for the SERIES project.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Inonu Bulvari, Campus, Ankara, 06531, Turkey

    Özgür Kurç & Haluk Sucuoğlu

  2. Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38100, Trento, Italy

    Marco Molinari & Gabriele Zanon

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  1. Özgür Kurç
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  1. Dept. Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, 265 00, Greece

    Michael N. Fardis

  2. Engineering Seismology (IZIIS), Dynamic Testing Laboratory & Informatics, Institute of Earthquake Engineering and, Salvador Aljende 73, Skopje, 1000, Macedonia

    Zoran T. Rakicevic

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Kurç, Ö., Sucuoğlu, H., Molinari, M., Zanon, G. (2012). Qualification of Large Testing Facilities in Earthquake Engineering Research. In: Fardis, M., Rakicevic, Z. (eds) Role of Seismic Testing Facilities in Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering. Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1977-4_15

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