Research Article

Experimental Study on Seismic Behavior of Precast Frame Columns with Vertical Reinforcement Spliced with Grouted Sleeve Lapping Connectors

Table 5

Energy dissipation (E) and equivalent viscous damping coefficient (D) under the displacement limit state.

Specimenu (mm)EEi/E1DDi/D1

XZ16613.991.000.231.00
YZ17216.621.190.220.96
YZ27016.161.160.231.00

Note: Ei and Di refer to the energy dissipations and equivalent viscous damping coefficients of YZ1 or YZ2, respectively, while E1 and D1 refer to those of XZ1.