Published by Elsevier Science Ltd

This paper presents experimental results generated through a program of shake-table testing of simple frames through collapse. Fifteen four-column frame specimens were subjected to progressive unidirectional ground shaking as structural response was measured. The specimens were subdivided into groups of three different column slenderness ratios: 100, 150, and 200. Within each group, column dimensions and the mass used were varied with the specimens, so that ground motions of varying magnitudes are required to collapse each structure tested. A literature review found no other tests of a similar nature. The experimental setup is described and some typical results are presented. However, focus is on thorough documentation of the experimental data (geometry, material properties, initial imperfections, detailed test results, etc.) such that the tests can be used as benchmarks to which analytical models can be compared. The intent is for immediate and free online access to the results to assist other researchers in the development or validation of analytical tools to model the inelastic dynamic behavior of structures up to collapse.