Research Article

Study on Optimal Placement and Reasonable Number of Viscoelastic Dampers by Improved Weight Coefficient Method

Table 2

Earthquake records.

RecordsComponentInterval(s)Time(s)Peak value (cm/s2)

1940, El Centro, CALIFNS0.0230431.7
1994, Northridge, Tarzana-Cedar Hill Nursery ANS0.0260847.5
1979, Imperial Valley, Superstition Mountain, CAS45E0.0228.34146.4
1976, Tianjin Hospital, NingheNS0.0119.19145.8