Vibration Control of Nuclear Power Plant Piping System Using Stockbridge Damper under Earthquakes

Table 8

Directional results for El Centro earthquake.

Direction		Maximum acceleration (m/s^2)			RMS acceleration (m/s^2)
Load	Resp.	Uncontrolled	Controlled	Decreasing ratio (%)	Uncontrolled	Controlled	Decreasing ratio (%)
		0.838	0.082	90.3	0.169	0.008	95.2
		3.132	0.114	96.3	0.618	0.018	97.1