Research Article

Seismic Performance of Midstory Isolated Structures under Near-Field Pulse-Like Ground Motion and Limiting Deformation of Isolation Layers

Table 4

Comparison of plastic interstory drifts of midstory isolations with and without protective system.

Story
number
Plastic interstory drifts without protective system/cmPlastic interstory drifts with protective system/cm
HE04230CHY101WCHY029NHDLT352Limitation value (/50)HE04230CHY101WCHY029NHDLT352Limitation value (/50)

100.40.50.30.26.60.70.60.40.36.6
90.60.70.50.46.61.00.90.50.46.6
80.80.90.60.56.61.41.20.70.56.6
71.01.20.70.66.61.81.60.80.76.6
61.31.50.80.66.62.32.01.00.86.6
51.61.70.90.66.62.72.41.10.96.6
41.71.81.00.66.62.82.61.10.96.6
31.41.50.80.56.62.42.20.90.76.6
Isolation layer50.949.532.616.138.535.035.621.215.038.5
21.51.40.91.03.3 (/100)1.92.11.21.03.3 (/100)
11.21.10.80.83.3 (/100)1.51.81.00.93.3 (/100)

Note: denotes the height of the relevant story.