Research Article

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

Table 2

Peak response of inner-storey drifts of structures with and without TRoMaDaS with an earthquake acceleration peak value of 1.026 m/s2.

Excitation Storey123456

El CentroMax. uncontr. disp. (mm)12.5913.0413.6214.1114.2715.38
Max. contr. disp. (mm)(b)10.3610.7911.4611.8111.5613.14
(c)11.5012.2312.7412.7512.3313.01
(d)12.0612.7913.2813.2412.6813.00
Disp. red. rate (%)(b)17.7117.2515.8616.3018.9914.56
(c)8.666.216.469.3613.6015.41
(d)4.211.922.506.1711.1415.47
Max. ang. disp. (rad)(b)0.00750.02700.09930.31910.63431.0499
(c)0.24090.5213
(d)0.27300.2816

KobeMax. uncontr. disp. (mm)14.7014.7814.7115.7017.5620.04
Max. contr. disp. (mm)(b)12.0312.2512.7113.5915.3216.36
(c)12.4012.5513.0313.8715.6813.01
(d)12.4512.6313.1113.9215.6713.01
Disp. red. rate (%)(b)18.1617.1213.6013.4412.7618.36
(c)15.6515.0911.4211.6610.7135.08
(d)15.3114.5510.8811.3410.7635.08
Max. ang. disp. (rad)(b)0.00610.03090.11990.30820.61851.0127
(c)0.22160.5352
(d)0.26180.2593