Research Article

Seismic Performance of an Efficient Scissor-Jack-Damper Configuration

Table 3

Interstory drift under the El-Centro NS seismic wave.

FloorModel IModel IIModel III
Interstory driftInterstory driftSeismic-reduction ratioInterstory driftSeismic-reduction ratio (%)

71/9571/124723.31/264763.8
61/7871/100221.51/194659.6
51/7521/93519.61/177957.7
41/7351/89317.71/159353.9
31/7481/93520.01/168055.5
21/7911/97118.51/184957.2
11/9101/114920.81/223359.2