Research Article

Experimental Assessment of a Skyhook Semiactive Strategy for Seismic Vibration Control of a Steel Structure

Table 2

Floor spectral accelerations for selected periods of vibration of nonstructural components, corresponding to the cases of a component firmly fixed to the slab, a partition wall, and an element in resonance with the first and the second frequencies.

Case  Spectral 1st floor acceleration Spectral 2nd floor acceleration
UncontrolledSH 1 ASH 2 AUncontrolledSH 1 ASH 2 A

(a)0.000.670.450.971.110.540.91
(b)0.020.720.711.631.210.801.29
(c)0.24–0.2917.002.302.7033.005.107.00
(d)0.08–0.094.704.105.003.602.402.80