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This paper presents the detailed experiment setups and data analysis results of the ambient vibration testing of two irregular high-rise buildings done by a joint research team from the University of British Columbia and Tongji University. Two full-scale tests were conducted in May 2015 at the Siping Campus of Tongji University, Shanghai, China. The first Multi-Functional Building (MFB) has 21 stories with a typical floor height of 4 m. The structure shows significant irregularity in both plane and vertical direction, where every three floors combine into one L-shaped unit and the L-shape floor rotates 90° along the height of the building. The second building tested is the Shanghai International Design Center (SIDC). SIDC is an h-shape asymmetry double tower structure consists of main tower (25 story) and secondary tower (12 story). The two towers are rigidly connected with steel truss system between the 11th and 12th floors. Considering the complexities and irregularities of the two buildings, it is essential to study their dynamic properties and the associated principal modes of vibration. Several modal analysis techniques were adopted to determine the modal parameters of two buildings.
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The authors wish to thank the State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering from Tong University for their interest and support in this study. The assistance and permission to access to the building of the owner of Shanghai Tower is greatly appreciated. The authors would like to acknowledge all the graduate students from Tongji University for assisting the test, Zhi Yu, Hongsheng Xu, Lu Ouyang, Hao Fu, Chengyou Wang, Kangli Wang, Weiwen Lai, Gan Luo and Guiquang Yang, their cooperation and enthusiasm is acknowledged with thanks. The technical support from Mr. Felix Yao from UBC EERF is also well appreciated. The authors would like to acknowledge Ms. Sharlie Huffman of the BC Ministry of Transportation for use of the sensors. Special thanks are given to Dr. Palle Andersen of SVS for providing license of ARTeMIS Modal 3.6 for analysis. This work is partially funded by Natural Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.: 51508407, 51508413), Shanghai Pujiang Program (Grant No.: 15PJ1408600) and the Grant from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. 2014KJ040). The financial support is gratefully acknowledged
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Li, X. et al. (2016). Ambient Vibration Testing of Two Highly Irregular Tall Buildings in Shanghai. In: Pakzad, S., Juan, C. (eds) Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29751-4_10
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