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.007a.svgz" name="9702152.fig.007a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Ratio of the peak values under Taft EW seismic wave</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/sv/volume-2016/9702152/figures/9702152.fig.007b.svgz" name="9702152.fig.007b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Ratio of the peak values under Fukujima NS seismic wave</td></tr></table>

<div>Ratios of the peak values for the offshore platform with and without bufferable TMD for different distance coefficients under (a) the Taft EW seismic waves and (b) the Fukujima NS.</div>

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Figure 7: A Bufferable Tuned-Mass Damper of an Offshore Platform against Stroke and Response Delay Problems under Earthquake Loads 