Research Article
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a New Self-Centering Damper on a Knee Braced Frame
Table 3
The amount of dissipated energy in cyclic loading (kN).
| Cycle nos. | KBF1 | KBF2 | KBF3 | KBF4 | KBF5 | KBF6 |
| 1 | 0.27 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 2 | 0.32 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 3 | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 4 | 3.79 | 2.78 | 2.61 | 2.52 | 2.56 | 3.65 | 5 | 4.60 | 3.45 | 3.24 | 3.13 | 3.18 | 4.54 | 6 | 4.65 | 3.51 | 3.30 | 3.19 | 3.24 | 4.61 | 7 | 43.52 | 41.62 | 37.66 | 35.76 | 35.38 | 39.02 | 8 | 53.35 | 51.55 | 46.65 | 44.35 | 43.82 | 47.67 | 9 | 53.94 | 52.19 | 47.28 | 44.97 | 44.45 | 48.33 | 10 | 1569.32 | 1388.27 | 1248.84 | 1088.14 | 918.20 | 1043.29 | 11 | 1779.19 | 1500.47 | 1332.10 | 1147.41 | 957.53 | 1208.90 | 12 | 1765.22 | 1482.82 | 1312.31 | 1127.35 | 935.43 | 1206.87 | 13 | 4064.99 | 3873.97 | 3702.37 | 3369.25 | 3195.71 | 3483.64 | 14 | 4159.65 | 3962.95 | 3792.53 | 3339.40 | 3162.84 | 3531.63 | 15 | 3963.88 | 3870.59 | 3715.66 | 3483.98 | 3144.59 | 3514.37 | 16 | 6037.96 | 6269.20 | 6101.26 | 5633.05 | 5457.13 | 5961.65 | 17 | 6058.89 | 6028.47 | 5862.50 | 5653.90 | 5476.79 | 6268.22 | 18 | 8188.76 | 8332.33 | 8189.58 | 7971.98 | 8288.35 | 8508.91 | 19 | 7992.34 | 8205.57 | 8086.14 | 7868.83 | 8289.44 | 8360.31 | Total | 45745.00 | 45070.33 | 43484.62 | 40817.76 | 39959.13 | 43236.13 |
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