Research Article
Seismic Response Analysis of Fully Base-Isolated Adjacent Buildings with Segregated Foundations
Table 4
Relative displacement of the shorter FFB and FBI buildings under considered motions.
| Earthquake | FFB shorter building disp. (cm) | FBI shorter building disp. (cm) | Reduction (%) | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. |
| Cape | 2.6 | −2.5 | 1.1 | −0.8 | 58 | 68 | LACC-N | 10.5 | −7.9 | 1.7 | −2.2 | 84 | 72 | S-Monica | 6.6 | −5.8 | 1 | −1.9 | 85 | 67 | El-Centro | 7.1 | −5.7 | 1.8 | −1.3 | 75 | 77 | Ave. | 75.5 | 71 |
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