Research Article
Seismic Response Analysis of Fully Base-Isolated Adjacent Buildings with Segregated Foundations
Table 9
Summarized responses of fully BI adjacent buildings considering seismic gaps.
| | Response | Gap distance (mm) | | 30 | 170 | 300 |
| | Pounding force (kN) | 2289.81 | 1920.70 | 1366.15 | | Dis.(taller building−) top floor (cm) | 21.21 | 21.33 | 21.14 | | Dis.(taller building+) top floor (cm) | −18.09 | −16.88 | −16.88 | | Acc.(taller building−) (m/s2) | −15.14 | −11.27 | −7.85 | | Acc.(taller building+) (m/s2) | 5.16 | 4.192 | 4.192 | | Base shear(x) (kN) | 5471.6 | 4351.6 | 4351.6 | | Base shear(Y) (kN) | 4246 | 4246 | 4246 | | Base moment(x) (kN·m) | 41,037 | 30,567 | 30,567 | | Base moment(Y) (kN·m) | 102,044 | 102,319 | 102,573 | | Storey drift ratio | 0.000741 | 0.000535 | 0.000428 | | F-D of base isolators(taller building) (kN·mm) | 119–10 | 145–13 | 147–13 | | F-D of base isolators(shorter building) (kN·mm) | 130–11 | 91–7 | 91–7 |
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