Optimizing Parameters for Anticollision Systems between Adjacent Buildings under Earthquakes

Table 1

Ground motion records for time-history analysis.

No.	Earthquake	PGA	Site	Scaling factor	PGA after scaled
GM11	1940, El Centro	0.34 g	IIIII	1	0.34 g
GM41	1994, Northridge	0.30 g	II	1	0.30 g
GM71	1980, Mammoth Lakes	0.24 g	I	1	0.24 g
GM1	1940, El Centro	0.34 g	IIIII	1.17	0.4 g
GM2	1940, El Centro	0.34 g	IIIII	0.59	0.2 g
GM3	1940, El Centro	0.34 g	IIIII	0.29	0.1 g
GM4	1994, Northridge	0.30 g	II	0.66	0.2 g
GM5	1992, Landers-June	0.13 g	II	1.55	0.2 g
GM6	1981, Westmoreland	0.36 g	IV	0.55	0.2 g
GM7	1980, Mammoth Lakes	0.24 g	I	0.83	0.2 g
Noise	White noise	0.2 g	—	1	0.2 g