Developing Dynamic Digital Image Correlation Technique to Monitor Structural Damage of Old Buildings under External Excitation

Table 1

Study plan for laboratory experiment.

Name of structure	Experimental shearing steel structure
Shearing steel structure	Reference set (width of column)	Experimental set (width of column)
Normal monitoring experiment	400 mm	380 mm, 360 mm, 280 mm, and 200 mm
Data retrieving and recording equipment	Equipment for dynamic DIC techniques; (1) Dynamic digital device-industrial CCD; (2) Dynamic digital device-handy video SONY and Cannon EOS digital camera; Traditional acceleration detecting device; ACC Accelerometer
Location for installing the data retrieving and recording equipment	DIC method; The experimental setup is shown in Figure 5. All dynamic responses of test structure are recorded by local images of structural response; Data retrieving form accelerometer; Accelerometers are installed in each floor and base at horizontal direction
Input of earthquake data and external force for the steel structure	Natural earthquake record; (1) Strong earthquake Kobe and El Centro 1940 earthquake record; (2) Strong earthquake TCU, Chi-Chi earthquake record, 1999; (3) White noise; (4) RAMP