Research Article

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

Table 5

Peak displacement of J2, under the excitation of seismic wave.

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

35 cm/s210 mm37.9136.055.1636.9238.34
20 mm40.3737.587.4240.6741.30
30 mm40.4543.005.7041.8142.02

70 cm/s210 mm70.9465.558.2269.8473.49
40 mm84.7280.255.5784.2687.35
60 mm84.8980.076.2085.3888.17

220 cm/s2100 mm172.22163.585.28181.35184.26
130 mm166.77155.577.20170.51171.28
150 mm160.17151.465.75164.22168.93

400 cm/s2100 mm286.38269.566.24293.32299.08
200 mm283.39272.104.15279.57285.19
210 mm281.14266.575.47279.57285.19