Simulating seismic impacts using vibrating machines

Abstract

The article presents a method to reproduce seismic impacts on structures according to an accelerogram of an earthquake. Three powerful vibrating machines have to be installed on different floors of the structure, where oscillation characteristics are selected based on the spectrum of acceleration of the earthquake and so that the values of the inertial forces arising in the structure during their operation are equal to the true values of seismic forces which arise during the same earthquake. Key words: vibrating machine, eccentric, accelerogram, structure, model.