TAMARIS is a noble combination of Four Shaking Table (ST) Facilities (Azalée, Tournesol, Mimosa and Vésuve) was established in 1969 at Mechanical Seismic Studies Laboratory (EMSI) under the direction of Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Saclay, near Paris, France.

These ST Facilities are mainly dedicated to modeling and justification of infrastructures under dynamic loadings, deterministic and stochastic dynamics of nonlinear systems and interaction between fluid/soil with various infrastructures by utilizing sophisticated numerical tools (CAST3M, etc) within European collaborative research arena.

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TAMARIS@CEA, SACLAY (FRANCE) A SYNERGY OF 4 SHAKING TABLES

Specification Azalée Tournesol Mimosa Vésuve

Inauguration (Year) 1990 1976 1982 1969

Degrees of Freedom (DOF)

6 3 1 1

Payload 100 T 10 T 10 T 20 T

Test Platform (Area)

6x6 m(36 sqm)

2x2 m(4 sqm)

2x2 m(4 sqm)

3.8x3.1 m(11.78 sqm)

Maximum Ground Acceleration

1G 1G 4G 1.2G

Maximum Frequency 100 Hz 100 Hz 300 Hz 100 Hz

Silo containing sand on Vésuve

Array of 4 shaking tables

Model on Azalée

Uwe E. Dorka Ferran Obón Santacana A.K.M. Thohidul Alam Khan