Experimental and Numerical Studies of AP1000 Shield Building considering Fluid-Structure Interaction

Table 8

Peak strain at the bottom and strain reduction ratio.

PGA (g)	Ground motion	Peak strain ()		Strain reduction ratio (%)
		Model I	Model II
0.10	Scaled El ground motion	20.71	21.67	−4.43
	Scaled artificial ground motion	39.19	41.26	−5.02
0.15	Scaled El ground motion	31.61	33.31	−5.10
	Scaled artificial ground motion	60.35	67.64	−10.78
0.20	Scaled El ground motion	41.33	44.86	−7.87
	Scaled artificial ground motion	79.23	89.44	−11.42
0.30	Scaled El ground motion	61.28	68.23	−10.19
	Scaled artificial ground motion	129.94	148.09	−12.26