A Bufferable Tuned-Mass Damper of an Offshore Platform against Stroke and Response Delay Problems under Earthquake Loads

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/sv/volume-2016/9702152/figures/9702152.fig.0010a.svgz" name="9702152.fig.0010a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Displacement of the mass under Taft EW seismic waves</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/sv/volume-2016/9702152/figures/9702152.fig.0010b.svgz" name="9702152.fig.0010b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Displacement of the mass under Fukujima NS seismic waves</td></tr></table>

<div>Amplitude responses of the mass of the bufferable TMD under Fukujima NS and Taft EW seismic waves: (a) displacement result under Taft EW and (b) displacement result under Fukujima NS.</div>

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Figure 10: A Bufferable Tuned-Mass Damper of an Offshore Platform against Stroke and Response Delay Problems under Earthquake Loads 