Both a full-scale structure and scaled structure were measured in the wind tunnel tests.
In order to better understand the deformations induced by train loads, and to improve design methods, a full-scale structure was built, instrumented, and tested near Rouen, France.
Scaling laws provide the relationship between a full-scale structure and its scale models and can be used to extrapolate the experimental data of a small, inexpensive, and easily tested model into design information for the large prototype.
The experiments included a furnace fire test with the composite frame subjected to increasing fire temperature according to the ISO 834 standard time temperature curve and two natural fire tests in a full-scale structure including a cooling phase.
In order to analyze the effect of using the stronger connections in a full-scale structure, fragility curves were constructed using the experimental results, and then the demand variable was converted to the wind speed by conducting structural analysis of a model structure.
The results are compared with those obtained from the full scale structure numerical computations.
Third, a new erection technique for timber gridshells is proposed and applied to the construction of a full scale (prototype) structure, the Toledo gridshell 2.0.
This represents, in full scale structures, an upper limit well into the frequency range where Statistical Energy Analysis can be applied with confidence.
EFL can be used in order to define tests on full scale structures for an experimental validation approach.
