University of Cambridge

Dataset

This dataset provides the raw responses in Excel (in Volts) of microelectromechnical and piezo-electric accelerometers positioned on the structural model and equivalent shear beam (ESB) container used to conduct the centrifuge tests considered in ‘Tuned mass damper positioning effects on the seismic response of a soil-MDOF-structure system’ in the Journal of Earthquake Engineering. Fig. 4 in the accompanying research paper shows a layout of all instrument positions in the model. The calibration factors (g/V) of all accelerometers are provided below. Multiplication of the raw response (V) by the calibration factor (g/V) results in acceleration response (g).

Instrument (-) / Calibration Factor (g/V): - P6 / 6.32 (upper storey response for configurations 1-3) - P6 / 51.28 (upper storey response for configuration 4) - P6 / 52.29 (upper storey response for configurations 5-6) - P3 / 7.06 (vertical structural base input for configuration 1) - P1 / 6.77 (ESB input for configurations 1-3) - P1 / 7.73 (ESB input for configuration 4) - P1 / 4.97 (ESB input for configurations 5-6)

The raw data was recorded in centrifuge tests conducted with the Turner beam centrifuge facilities available at the Schofield Centre (High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0EL). Below is a list of the file names of the instrument response recordings, what they have recorded and which figure(s) in the accompanying research paper they relate to:

Figure 6: - ESB input to Chi-Chi earthquake, configuration 1 (A.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - ESB input to Imperial Valley earthquake, configuration 1 (B.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - ESB input to Kobe earthquake, configuration 1 (C.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V)

Figure 7: - ESB input to Kobe earthquake, configuration 1 (C.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - Structural footing's rocking accelerations under Kobe earthquake, configuration 1 (D.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 3: Voltage (V), P3 / 7.06 g/V)

Figure 9: - ESB input to Chi-Chi earthquake, configuration 1 (A.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - ESB input to Chi-Chi earthquake, configuration 2 (H.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - ESB input to Chi-Chi earthquake, configuration 3 (I.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - ESB input to Chi-Chi earthquake, configuration 4 (N.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 7.73 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Chi-Chi earthquake, configuration 1 (E.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 6: Voltage (V), P6 / 6.32 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Chi-Chi earthquake, configuration 2 (F.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 6: Voltage (V), P6 / 6.32 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Chi-Chi earthquake, configuration 3 (G.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 6: Voltage (V), P6 / 6.32 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Chi-Chi earthquake, configuration 4 (Q.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 3: Voltage (V), P6 / 51.28 g/V)

Figure 10: - ESB input to Imperial Valley earthquake, configuration 1 (B.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - ESB input to Imperial Valley earthquake, configuration 2 (J.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - ESB input to Imperial Valley earthquake, configuration 3 (K.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - ESB input to Imperial Valley earthquake, configuration 4 (O.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 7.73 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Imperial Valley earthquake, configuration 1 (X.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 6: Voltage (V), P6 / 6.32 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Imperial Valley earthquake, configuration 2 (Y.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 6: Voltage (V), P6 / 6.32 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Imperial Valley earthquake, configuration 3 (Z.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 6: Voltage (V), P6 / 6.32 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Imperial Valley earthquake, configuration 4 (R.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 3: Voltage (V), P6 / 51.28 g/V)

Figure 11: - ESB input to Kobe earthquake, configuration 1 (C.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - ESB input to Kobe earthquake, configuration 2 (L.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - ESB input to Kobe earthquake, configuration 3 (M.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 6.77 g/V) - ESB input to Kobe earthquake, configuration 4 (P.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 7.73 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Kobe earthquake, configuration 1 (A1.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 6: Voltage (V), P6 / 6.32 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Kobe earthquake, configuration 2 (A2.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 6: Voltage (V), P6 / 6.32 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Kobe earthquake, configuration 3 (A3.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 6: Voltage (V), P6 / 6.32 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under Kobe earthquake, configuration 4 (S.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 3: Voltage (V), P6 / 51.28 g/V)

Figure 12: - Upper storey accelerations under Kobe earthquake, configuration 4 (S.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 3: Voltage (V), P6 / 51.28 g/V)

Figure 14: - ESB input under swept-sine earthquake, configuration 5 (V.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 4.97 g/V) - ESB input under swept-sine earthquake, configuration 6 (W.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P1 / 4.97 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under swept-sine earthquake, configuration 5 (T.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P6 / 52.29 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under swept-sine earthquake, configuration 6 (U.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P6 / 52.29 g/V)

Figure 15: - Upper storey accelerations under swept-sine earthquake, configuration 5 (T.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P6 / 52.29 g/V) - Upper storey accelerations under swept-sine earthquake, configuration 6 (U.xlsx, column 1: Time (s) / column 2: Voltage (V), P6 / 52.29 g/V)

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