Investigation of the seismic behaviour of structural and non-structural components in industrial facilities by means of shaking table tests

Mar 4, 2020·
Marko Marinković
Christoph Butenweg
Alberto Pavese
Igor Lanese
,
B. Hoffmeister
,
M. Pinkawa
,
C. Vulcu
Oreste S. Bursi
Chiara Nardin
Fabrizio Paolacci
,
et al.
· Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (SEDIF 2020), Aachen, Germany, pp. 159–172 · 1 min read
SPIF mock-up at the EUCENTRE laboratory
Abstract
Industrial facilities consist of a primary load-carrying structure and of process components, such as vessels, tanks, piping and cabinets, that can be seriously damaged by earthquakes. Within the SPIF project (Seismic Performance of Multi-Component Systems in Special Risk Industrial Facilities), funded by the European H2020 SERA Transnational Access programme, a full-scale three-storey industrial steel frame equipped with vertical and horizontal vessels, a cabinet and connecting pipes was tested on the shaking table of the EUCENTRE laboratories in Pavia, Italy. This contribution presents the test structure, its installations and the measurement plan, with accelerations and relative displacements of the components and pipe sections recorded at increasing peak ground acceleration levels, with the aim of supporting design recommendations for the seismic performance of vessels, pipes and their connections.
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Industrial facilities consist of a primary load-carrying structure and of process components, such as vessels, tanks, piping and cabinets, that can be seriously damaged by earthquakes. Within the SPIF project (Seismic Performance of Multi-Component Systems in Special Risk Industrial Facilities), funded by the European H2020 SERA Transnational Access programme, a full-scale three-storey industrial steel frame equipped with vertical and horizontal vessels, a cabinet and connecting pipes was tested on the shaking table of the EUCENTRE laboratories in Pavia, Italy. This contribution presents the test structure, its installations and the measurement plan, with accelerations and relative displacements of the components and pipe sections recorded at increasing peak ground acceleration levels, with the aim of supporting design recommendations for the seismic performance of vessels, pipes and their connections.

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Spif Industrial Facilities Non-Structural Components Shaking Table Piping
Marko Marinković
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Marko Marinković
Associate Professor at University of Belgrade (Serbia)
Christoph Butenweg
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Christoph Butenweg
Professor at FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
Alberto Pavese
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Alberto Pavese
Associate Professor at University of Pavia (Italy)
Igor Lanese
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Igor Lanese
Scientific Responsible, 6D Shaking Table at EUCENTRE (Italy)
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B. Hoffmeister
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M. Pinkawa
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C. Vulcu
Oreste S. Bursi
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Oreste S. Bursi
Full Professor at University of Trento (Italy)
Chiara Nardin
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Chiara Nardin (she/her)
MSCA PostDoc at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and UniTn (Italy)
Structural engineer and MSCA fellow working on seismic risk, fragility modelling, and uncertainty quantification for complex industrial systems at ETH Zurich and the University of Trento.
Fabrizio Paolacci
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Fabrizio Paolacci
Full Professor at Roma Tre University (Italy)
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