Structures Department
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Unit
Infrastructures
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The
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Unit (NESDE) has several
experimental infrastructures for the development of R&D&I activities. In the field of Earthquake Engineering, NESDE has one of the largest experimental facilities in Europe, conceived in its many aspects to carry out seismic performance assessment studies of structural systems of considerable dimensions up to limit states of imminent collapse fulfilling one of the currently most demanding challenges of Earthquake Engineering. |
Testing room
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LNEC-3D SHAKING TABLE |
LNEC-3D shake table
Actuators
Reaction walls
Oil-Hydraulic system
Control room
TIM
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UNIAXIAL SHAKE TABLE |
1D shake table
Hydraulic circuit
Strong floor
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WIND TUNNELS |
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On the Wind Engineering domain, NESDE has three wind tunnels with different characteristics allowing covering a wide range of tests on reduced scale physical models. |
Wind Tunnel nº1
Wind tunnel nº2
Wind tunnel nº3
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