Research Article

Identification of Sudden Stiffness Change in the Acceleration Response of a Nonlinear Hysteretic Structure

Table 10

Relative errors between identification results and theoretical values under El-Centro earthquake wave.

CaseTime (s)Relative error (%)
k1k2ζ1ζ2Yαβγn

Case 10∼100.930.126.508.500.2910.006.008.004.00
10∼300.890.106.502.004.0010.000.002.002.00

Case 20∼100.490.358.008.005.0710.008.008.004.00
10∼200.960.236.009.000.0210.008.0012.004.50
20∼301.080.073.008.005.4910.008.008.005.50