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.0012a.svgz" name="9702152.fig.0012a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Power spectral density of displacement for the 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.0012b.svgz" name="9702152.fig.0012b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Power spectral density of acceleration for the Taft EW seismic waves</td></tr></table>

<div>Power spectral density of the accelerations of the platform with and without bufferable TMD, under the Fukujima NS seismic waves (a) and the Taft EW seismic waves (b).</div>

Shock and Vibration

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Figure 12: A Bufferable Tuned-Mass Damper of an Offshore Platform against Stroke and Response Delay Problems under Earthquake Loads 