Research Article

Evaluation of the Modal Coupling Effect in Midstory Isolation Systems Based on Random Vibration Analysis

Table 2

Related parameters for the three cases.

ParametersCase 1Case 2Case 3

Original parametersmls (kNs2/m)54171239403630
miso (kNs2/m)402240302540
mus (kNs2/m)10899475285930
ξiso0.2350.200.20
Tls (s)0.981.060.6
Tiso (s)2.603.903.00
Tus (s)0.212.181.11

Calculated parametersr10.220.680.70
r20.730.920.70
ωiso (rad/s)2.421.612.09
εls2.73.75.0
εus12.41.82.7

ωiso and Tiso are the frequency and period of the upper isolation system, respectively.