Cyclic testing of a full-scale two-storey pre-cast reinforced concrete wall-slab-wall structure

A pseudostatic cyclic test on a full-scale one-storey two-bay cast-in-place reinforced concrete (RC) wall-slab-wall structure, representative of a building typology that is a very common form of housing in the Netherlands, was carried out. The test specimen was designed according to Dutch building practice and tried to combine several common characteristics as well as customary detailing of multi-unit cast-in-place RC terraced houses. Laboratory tests were thus performed on full-scale structural members and a single-storey two-bay cast-in-place reinforced concrete prototype, which was adapted to the needs imposed by laboratory constraints. The testing campaign was performed at EUCENTRE laboratory in 2017. This experimental data includes quasi static cyclic tests on a full-scale single-storey two-bay reinforced concrete specimen in longitudinal and transverse directions. These experimental testing activities were undertaken within the framework of the research programme for hazard and risk of induced seismicity in Groningen sponsored by the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM).