MAST (MAsonry Shake-Table database) – A comprehensive database and collaborative resource for advancing seismic assessment of unreinforced masonry buildings

MAST (MAsonry Shake-Table database) - A comprehensive database and collaborative resource for advancing seismic assessment of unreinforced masonry buildings

Category

Contribute

Institutions

EPFL

Data type

Experimental campaigns

Field

Earthquake engineering

Researchers

Mathias Haindl Carvallo

Description

The main objective of the project is to provide a comprehensive and easily accessible (open-access) web-based platform for sharing experimental results from shake table tests conducted on complete unreinforced masonry buildings. Results from this type of experiment, apart from being very expensive and time-consuming, are an invaluable source of data concerning the seismic assessment of buildings, hence must be easily accessible to make it reusable for further research. With our conviction regarding open data, the platform aims to serve the research and practice communities in earthquake engineering by providing a useful tool for comprehensively accessing detailed information and results of more than 70 shake table tests. All the information is kept properly organized in a single source, allowing visualization and downloading, thus, seeking to enhance the seismic performance of masonry buildings. In terms of the progress of the project, the development of the platform was completely successful. All the planned features/working packages (WP1 to WP4, as described in the project proposal) were included and some additional features such as the possibility to access numerical models of the buildings included in the database were added (see Appendix A9 to A11). During the development phase, the platform was also tested with potential future users, which allowed to gather feedback that was included in the final version. It is now in the final stage of internal checks and will be officially launched by mid-August 2024.
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