Heunginjimun as treasure No.1 is wooden structure of 2 story. This stucly presents an investigation on vibration characteristics of Heunginjimun in Seoul through ambient vibration test. The research team studied structural characteristics unlike general building and performed the test. Natural or environmental excitation as ambient vibration source is always present and hence the test implies a minimum interference with normal use of the structure. Natural frequencies, damping ratio and modes are identified and compared using two strategies, Frequency Domain Decomposition, Stochastic Subspace Identification techniques. The result shows that behavior and dynamic property of Heuninjimun.

This paper presents an investigation on dynamic characteristics of Heunginjimun through both ambient vibration and impact hammer tests. Heunginjimun, treasure No. 1 in Seoul, Korea, is a traditional wooden structure. Ambient vibration test is performed and spectrum analysis of time history is carried out to identify dominant frequency contents of Heunginjimun. Impact hammer test is undertaken to find the natural frequency of Heunginjimun with frequency response functions and phase information. Test results show that natural frequencies are 1.lHz, l.5Hz, 3.2Hz and 4.2Hz in two principal axes. Natural frequencies obtained by the tests are used to find the lateral stiffness of Heunginjimun. Simple dynamic models for Heunginjimun are suggested based on the moment resistance from joint beams and the restoring force due to column rocking. Lateral stiffness is found with identified natural frequencies and simple dynamic models.