Research Article

Experimental Investigations of the Seismic Performance of a Base-Isolated Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) through Shaking Table Tests

Table 5

Peak accelerations of the test specimens in Series A and B at different locations.

SpecimensScaling factor (%)Peak acceleration (g)
UPS topControl switchCooling systemTransformer
X-dir.Y-dir.X-dir.Y-dir.X-dir.Y-dir.X-dir.Y-dir.

Series A4A500.4430.3750.5120.5760.6800.3360.4140.291
5A1000.6940.5990.9601.0881.0580.5110.6180.548
9A2001.5750.8611.8611.3282.2911.0380.8801.240

Series B4B500.2100.2090.1960.2140.2530.2160.1810.262
5B1000.4180.3850.3160.3390.4420.3600.2960.338
9B2000.9260.9280.6680.7300.8970.8330.5700.675