Experimental assessment of the seismic performance of hospital cabinets using shake table testing |
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| Authors: | Luigi Di Sarno Gennaro Magliulo Danilo D'Angela Edoardo Cosenza |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy;2. Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy;3. Department of Engineering, University of Greenwich, London, UK;4. Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Technologies Institute ITC-CNR, Naples, Italy |
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| Abstract: | An experimental investigation of hospital building equipment is presented. Dynamic properties and seismic performance of typical ambulatory freestanding cabinets are assessed by unidirectional and bidirectional shake table tests, also considering the presence of internal partitions and cabinet contents. Vulnerability analysis is performed according to the most recent and reliable assessment methods, evaluating the influence of different parameters of the sample cabinets. The performance criteria referred within this research are the limit states reached by the specimens (ie, rocking and overturning) and by their contents (ie, overturning and breaking). Fragility curves are evaluated for the components and the contents, considering both acceleration and velocity intensity measures, and also using dimensionless intensity measures developed in recent studies. The outcomes of the present study confirm the findings of previous laboratory tests and numerical simulations carried out by the same authors and provide a further insight for the reliable seismic performance assessment of hospital cabinets and their contents. |
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| Keywords: | hospital contents rocking overturning seismic assessment shake table testing testing protocol |
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