Data set from shake table tests of free-standing rocking bodies

In earthquake engineering, structural models are validated by performing a time history analysis and comparing its maximum to the response obtained shake table test. It has been shown that this is sufficient (but not necessary) precondition accept numerical model. Numerical can fail predict planar rocking of rigid block, but may succeed in predicting statistics an ensemble ground motions. As seismic inherently stochastic, comparison numerically simulated experimentally benchmark for same excitation (and easier pass) model validation This article describes publicly available data set 12 free vibration 115 tests six three-dimensional sliding columns, designed at ETH Zurich performed EQUALS Laboratory, University Bristol. The be used statistically validate different approaches aim structures.