Research Article

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

Table 3

Peak pounding force of J2, -J1, under seismic wave.

Seismic peak accelerationSeparation gapEl Centro-MS-TMM (KN)El Centro-ANSYS (KN)Error (%)Nanjing-MS-TMM (KN)TAFT-MS-TMM (KN)

35 cm/s210 mm1611435.59147169
20 mm1341293.88128140
30 mm00000

70 cm/s210 mm2392256.22221235
40 mm1811734.62163189
60 mm00000

220 cm/s2100 mm4123915.37389424
130 mm95914.395681
150 mm00000

400 cm/s2100 mm6976566.25637683
200 mm9.48.95.3200
210 mm00000