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

Table 9

Peak top floor displacement and acceleration responses of dissimilar 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-BF	30	1.74	1.74	1.74	1.74	0.11	0.097	0.10	0.10
	37	2.16	2.16	2.16	2.16	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25
	43	3.87	3.65	3.75	3.72	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.39
	50	3.90	3.70	3.69	3.70	0.30	0.29	0.29	0.29
20-20 BF-MRF	30	4.09	3.37	3.62	3.45	0.064	0.059	0.061	0.060
	37	5.69	4.70	5.03	4.80	0.098	0.081	0.086	0.082
	43	6.75	5.58	5.97	5.70	0.13	0.097	0.11	0.10
	50	8.95	7.40	7.92	7.56	0.14	0.12	0.13	0.12