Research Article
Evaluation of the Floor Acceleration Amplification Demand of Instrumented Buildings
Table 3
Coefficients for FAA [
36].
| No. of stories | Brace type | a0 | a1 | a2 | a3 | a4 | a5 |
| 3, 6 | SCBF | 1.152 | −0.469 | −0.0387 | −0.043 | 0.473 | 0.000 | BRBF | 0.919 | −0.295 | −0.042 | −0.247 | 0.426 | 0.000 |
| 12, 16 | SCBF | 0.628 | −0.172 | −0.046 | 3.517 | −8.506 | 5.533 | BRBF | 0.929 | −0.191 | −0.057 | 1.667 | −4.596 | 3.059 |
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