Research Article

Seismic Response Reduction of Structures Equipped with a Voided Biaxial Slab-Based Tuned Rolling Mass Damper

Table 1

Peak response of inner-storey drifts of structures with and without TRoMaDaS with an earthquake acceleration peak value of 0.513 m/s2.

ExcitationStorey123456

El CentroMax. uncontr. disp. (mm)6.296.526.817.067.137.69
Max. contr. disp. (mm)6.026.306.776.986.926.73
Disp. red. rate (%)4.293.370.581.132.9412.48
Max. ang. disp. (rad)0.00730.00770.00870.02680.07140.1870

KobeMax. uncontr. (mm)7.357.397.357.858.7810.02
Max. contr. disp. (mm)6.176.246.456.917.838.64
Disp. red. rate (%)16.0515.5612.2411.9710.8213.77
Max. ang. disp. (rad)0.00630.00690.00990.01800.06210.1865