Research Article

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

Table 7

Dynamic parameters of the UPS.

ParametersValues
SDOF1SDOF2
X-dir.Y-dir.Z-dir.X-dir.Y-dir.Z-dir.

Damping ratio (%)9.16.318.77.31
Effective stiffness (kN/m)1,4945,27965,376107,17410,329496,004
Transformer mass, m1 (kg)460—
Cooling system mass, m2 (kg)—300