Development of the Shaking Table and Array System Technology in China

Table 1

Shaking table construction in China.

Time	Sector	Dimension	Amount of model (t)	Frequency (Hz)	Maximum acceleration ()	Vibration direction
In the 70s	China Academy of Building Research Foundation	1.5 × 1	3	0.1∼30	1.0	Unidirectional vibration
	Academy of Railway Sciences	1.5 × 2	2	0∼80	2.0	Unidirectional vibration
	Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute	2 × 2	1	10∼300	1.0	Unidirectional vibration
	Institute of Engineering Mechanics	1.2 × 1.2	0.75	0∼50	1.0	Unidirectional vibration
In the 80s	Institute of Engineering Mechanics	5 × 5	30	0.1∼50	1.0	Three-way vibration
	Academy of Water Resources and Hydropower	5 × 5	20	0.1∼120	1.0	Three-way vibration
	Tongji University	4 × 4	15	0.1∼50	1.2	Two-way vibration
	Institute of Architectural Engineering	4 × 3	15	0.1∼25	1.0	Unidirectional vibration
	Institute of Seismic Engineering, Chinese Academy of Architectural Sciences	3 × 3	15	0.1∼20	1.0	Unidirectional vibration
	Dalian Institute of Technology	3 × 3	10	0.2∼50	1.0	Two-way vibration
In the 90s	Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications	1.5 × 2	2	0.4∼50	2.0	Unidirectional vibration
	Shanghai Youth Culture Center	5 × 5	5	0.1∼15	0.5	Two-way vibration
	Tongji University	4 × 4	15	0.1∼50	1.2	Three-way vibration
After 2000	Beijing University of Technology	3 m × 3  m	10	0.1∼50	1.0	Unidirectional vibration
	Nuclear Power Institute of Chengdu	6 m × 6  m	60	0.1∼50	1.0	Three to six degrees of freedom
	Chongqing highway	6 m × 3  m	20	0.1∼50	1.0	Three to six degrees of freedom
	China Academy of Building Research	6 m × 6  m	60	0∼50	1.0/1.5	Three to six degrees of freedom
	Harbin Institute of Technology	2 m × 4  m	7	0.5∼80	1.5	Three to six degrees of freedom
	Nuclear Power Institute of China	6 m × 6  m	70	0∼100		Three to six degrees of freedom