Research Article
Development of a Multiaction Hybrid Damper for Passive Energy Dissipation
Table 3
Forces at the zero or peak displacements of the MHD under cyclic loading (10 mm peak displacement).
| Cycle No. | Positive force at zero disp. | Negative force at zero disp. | Positive force at +10 mm disp. | Negative force at −10 mm disp. | (kN) | Deviation from average (%) | (kN) | Deviation from average (%) | (kN) | Deviation from average (%) | (kN) | Deviation from average (%) |
| | 39.4 | 8.6 | | 9.9 | 104.8 | 0.2 | | 4.6 | | 37.8 | 4.3 | | 4.5 | 107.9 | 3.2 | | 1.9 | | 36.4 | 0.5 | | 0.5 | 105.6 | 0.9 | | 0.1 | | 35.4 | 2.4 | | 2.7 | 103.9 | 0.7 | | 3.8 | | 34.6 | 4.6 | | 5.3 | 102.8 | 1.7 | | 1.2 |
| Average | 36.7 | | | | 105.0 | | | |
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