PERFORMANCE OF EXTERIOR ALC WALLS IN SEISMIC RESPONSES OF A HIGH-RISE BUILDING

- E-Defense shaking table tests -

Abstract

A two-story, two-span by two-bay frame was set up on E-Defense shaking table, and exterior walls made of ALC panels were attached to the frame with typical connection details. In a series of tests, seismic responses of a high-rise building were reproduced in the frame. First, damage of ALC panels in expected seismic responses (the maximum inter-story drift angle is 0.02 rad) was observed. The possibility that the ALC panels come off and drop from the frame was also considered in an ultimate deformation range (the maximum inter-story drift angle is 0.04 rad).