Shake table testing is a very efficient tool in earthquake engineering that may be used to enhance construction methods and the overall safety of structures. Shake tables permit investigation of the dynamic behaviour of civil engineering structures. This paper details the development of a uniaxial shake table that was designed and built with the objective of limiting its cost to a moderate amount, bellow 250 k€. The technical specifications of the shake table are presented as well as the evaluation of its performance and its validation. It is shown that it is possible to build an operational shake table capable of generating real seismic motion for the assessment of structural behaviour at a moderate cost.

振动台测试是地震工程中非常有效的工具，可用于增强施工方法和结构的整体安全性。振动台允许调查土木工程结构的动态行为。本文详细介绍了单轴振动台的开发，该台的设计和建造旨在将其成本限制在 25 万欧元以下。介绍了振动台的技术规格以及对其性能的评估和验证。结果表明，可以构建一个能够产生真实地震运动的操作振动台，以适中的成本评估结构行为。