Earthquake simulator experiments on a seismically isolated, cylindrical, fluid-filled vessel

Earthquake-simulator experiments were conducted on a fluid-filled, cylindrical vessel, base isolated using four single concave friction pendulum bearings (SFP isolators), utilizing a six-degrees-of-freedom earthquake simulator at the University at Buffalo. Hydrodynamic responses of the fluid, including sloshing wave height and hydrodynamic pressure on the wall of the vessel, and isolation-system responses were recorded in the experiments. The experiments and the obtained dataset are unique in terms of their scale and complexity, and completeness, respectively. The dataset can be used to validate numerical models of base-isolated, fluid-filled vessels, and as such can be useful to analysts in the civil, nuclear, chemical, and mechanical industries.