Shake-table testing of a full-scale URM cavity-wall building developing a two-way out-of-plane bending collapse mechanism (LNEC-BUILD-1)

The dataset contains acceleration and displacement measurements from a shake-table test on a full-scale single-storey URM building, built with cavity walls and without any seismic-proof detailing. These tests complement earlier experiments on a full-scale two-storey building specimen simulating the end unit of a typical Dutch terraced house. Specifically, the new test building represents the upper part of the original building, including its second storey and the roof. The test structure was subjected to a series of incremental dynamic tests up to the collapse of the building. The test sequence included excitations under combined horizontal and vertical floor motions. The experiment was terminated with the development of a two-way out-of-plane bending collapse mechanism in one of the load-bearing walls of the building.

The shake-table tests were conducted in 2017 at the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC) facilities in Lisbon, Portugal. They were part of the EUCENTRE Foundation project 'Study of the vulnerability of masonry buildings in Groningen', within the research framework programme on hazard and risk of induced seismicity in the Groningen province, sponsored by the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM). The project was carried out in collaboration with the research group of Masonry Structures from the University of Pavia in Italy.