Research Article

Pounding between Adjacent Frame Structures under Earthquake Excitation Based on Transfer Matrix Method of Multibody Systems

Table 1

Structure parameter.

StructureColumnPlanar elastic hingeFirst span beamSecond span beamThird span beam
Elastic beam length (m)Concentrated mass (kg)Kx (N·m/rad)Ky (N·m/rad)K (N·m/rad)Elastic beam length (m)Concentrated mass (kg)Elastic beam length (m)Concentrated mass (kg)Elastic beam length (m)Concentrated mass (kg)

J10.81723.81.61091.61096.31090.752752.80.62592.60.752752.8
J20.82337.31.61091.61096.31090.62681.280.86253303.72