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STATI C/ PSEUDO STATI C/ DYNAM I C TESTI NG
K.K. Bajpai
Principal Scientific Officer
Structural Engineering Laboratory
IIT Kanpur
INTRODUCTION
Servo-Hydraulic Machines
Crosshead speed
1μm/h for creep/fatigue
1 cycle/day to 200 cycles/s for cyclic tests
Static Tests Contd…
Stress OR
OR Load
Load
Strain Strain
OR OR
Displacement Displacement
Static Tests
Beam
Specimen
Reaction
Frame
LVDT
Column
Servo-Hydraulic Actuators
Measurement Instrumentation
On-line computer
P seudo-dynam ic testing M ethod (Closed loop)
ctatoespose
P seudo-dynam ic testing M ethod
F2
F1
Applies forces in substructure through actuators only – real time operation is a benefit but not a must
P seudo-dynam ic testing M ethod
Substructure techniques
P seudo-dynam ic testing M ethod
+ Cd + R =
Md fi
i i i
P seudo-dynam ic testing M ethod
Input excitation fi (desired)
Δt Δt
-1
a i+1 = m+ c f i+1 -ri+1 -cvi - ca i
2 2
Δt
vi+1 =vi + ( a i +a i+1 )
2
Δt 2
d i+2 =d i+1 +Δtvi+1 + a i+1
2
Impose di+1 on the structure
Measure ri+1
Set i - 1 = I
Pseudo-dynam ic testing M ethod
+ Cd + R =
Md fi
i i i
1000 KN actuator s
Hydraulic
Hard Lines