Research Article
Seismic Performance Comparison of a High-Content SDA Frame and Standard RC Frame
Table 3
Scale factors used for modeling.
| Quantity | General case | Same material and acceleration (Model) | Required | Provided |
| Geometric length, | | | | Elastic modulus, | | | | Acceleration, | | | | Density, | | | | Velocity, | | | | Forces, | | | | Stress, | | | | Strain, | | | | Area, | | | | Volume, | | | | Second moment of area, | | | | Mass, | | | | Impulse, | | | | Energy, | | | | Frequency, | | | | Time (Period), | | | | Gravitational acceleration, | | | | Gravitational force, fg | | | | Critical damping, ξ | | | |
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All the scale factors are obtained from [8].
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