Research Article

Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of a Winding Rope Fluid Viscous Damper

Table 5

Energy dissipation of the specimen (f = 0.2 Hz and u0 = 50 mm).

SpecimensF0 (kN)WWRFVD (kJ)WFVD (kJ)WFD (kJ)RFVD (%)RFD (%)AFVD (%)AFD (%)

D2N1R141.004.701.373.2529.1469.1229.1669.09
2.004.581.393.1130.3367.93
4.004.731.403.2529.5968.63
6.004.761.413.2629.7068.52
8.005.181.403.6927.0771.27

D2N2R141.008.301.217.0114.6184.5214.2484.92
2.008.681.257.3514.3784.69
4.009.261.297.9013.9585.27
6.009.511.328.1113.9185.29
8.009.251.337.8514.3684.84

D3N1R081.002.170.901.2141.5455.6735.9461.84
2.002.190.921.2142.0655.47
4.002.310.921.3340.0557.61
6.002.610.911.6435.0762.80
8.002.970.902.0130.3867.71
10.003.380.902.4226.5371.76

D3N2R081.005.300.834.4015.7483.0915.4483.67
2.005.500.854.5915.3883.48
4.005.410.854.5015.7383.18
6.005.460.864.5515.7683.20
8.005.590.864.7015.3984.16
10.005.860.864.9814.6684.92