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14
12
Area [m2]
<15
15-30
30-100
>100
Shake Tables
10
8
6
4
2
0
EU
East Europe
Asia
America
Region
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12
Payload [kN]
<200
200-500
500-1000
>1000
Shake Tables
10
8
6
4
2
0
EU
East Europe
Asia
America
Region
Fig. 5.34. Synopsis of large-scale earthquake Shake tables worldwide
EuropeanCommission.Fivemajorshakingtableswereinvolved,togetherwiththeELSA
reaction wall facility at JRC Ispra. As stated by Severn (2000), as a result of provid-
ing access to researchers from Member States, a major step forward was made in the
fidelityandaccuracywithwhichthesesixfacilitiescouldbeused,leadingtosignificantly
enhanced performance. This major advance has put European earthquake engineering
infrastructuresattheinternationallevelandhasopenedupseveralnewresearchareasfor
experimentalstudy.Collaborationbetweentheinfrastructuresgroupandthreesuccessive
ResearchNetworkshasallowedsignificantprogresstobemadetowardsthevalidationof
many aspects of Eurocode 8 and the mitigation of seismic risk.
It is noted that the first large-scale earthquake tests on structures for design with the
Eurocodes (Eurocode8)wereperformedintheframeworkofECOESTwithanenlarged
research network of the earthquake engineering community (PREC8 Research Network,
Coordinated by Prof. Calvi from the University of Pavia) acting as external user(s) of
thefacilities.ThePREC8networkinvolved18Europeanresearchgroupsworkingonthe
 
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