Outline of lecture

The performance of a structure could not be known if an actual earthquake does not occur. Since big earthquake will happen only once in several hundreds years in a city, we cannot know a true performance of the structures under a big earthquake. It is very useful in designing a new structure or knowing the performance of existing structures to conduct structural experiments. Topics dealt in this course include:
縲�(�ｼ�)縲�Introduction to experiments
縲�(�ｼ�)縲�Size of test specimens and scale effects
縲�(�ｼ�)縲�Loading system and supporting system of test specimens
縲�(�ｼ�)縲�Measurements of strain, deformation and acceleration
縲�(�ｼ�)縲�Static loading tests
縲�(�ｼ�)縲�Dynamic loading tests