Effectiveness of Friction Dampers in Seismic and Wind Response Control of Connected Adjacent Steel Buildings

Table 7

Peak top floor displacement and acceleration responses of similar connected buildings for equal storey height under simulated wind forces for different gust speeds.

Frame	Wind speed (m/s)	Peak top floor displacement, xn (cm)				Peak top floor acceleration, ẍn ()
		U	A	B	C	U	A	B	C
5-5 MRF-MRF	30	1.74	1.74	1.74	1.74	0.10	0.097	0.10	0.10
	37	2.16	2.16	2.16	2.16	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.25
	43	3.87	3.66	3.76	3.72	0.39	0.38	0.38	0.38
	50	3.90	3.69	3.69	3.69	0.30	0.29	0.29	0.29
20-20 MRF-MRF	30	25.74	16.74	18.74	17.74	0.23	0.15	0.17	0.16
	37	28.16	19.16	20.16	19.88	0.35	0.234	0.264	0.25
	43	32.87	21.66	23.76	22.82	0.42	0.27	0.31	0.29
	50	37.90	24.69	28.69	26.69	0.48	0.32	0.35	0.32
5-5 BF-BF	30	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.039	0.039	0.03	0.039
	37	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.093	0.093	0.09	0.093
	43	0.52	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15
	50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.094	0.093	0.094	0.093
20-20 BF-BF	30	4.09	3.31	3.60	3.42	0.064	0.059	0.061	0.060
	37	5.69	4.61	5.01	4.75	0.098	0.081	0.088	0.082
	43	6.75	5.47	5.94	5.64	0.12	0.098	0.11	0.10
	50	8.95	7.25	7.88	7.48	0.14	0.12	0.12	0.12