ABSTRACT
In order to evaluate structural and functional performance of the steel moment frame under design-level ground motions, and to determine the safety margin against collapse under exceedingly large ground motions, full-scale shaking table test of 4-story steel building was carried out at E-defense. This test is a part of the experimental project on steel buildings conducted at the E-Defense shake-table facility. The overview of the project is presented in Kasai et al. (2007). The building specimen was designed current Japanese specifications and practices. In this test, not only seismic performance of structural system, but also seismic performances of non-structural components are examined. In this part, out line of the specimen, out line of the experimental method, and elastic behavior of the specimen are reported. The detail of elasto-plastic behaviors and collapse behaviors of the specimen building are shown in the companion paper by K. Suita et al. (2008).
