Seismic Performance of Modular Structures with Novel Steel Frame: Light Gauge Slotted Steel Stud Walls
Table 2
Story-drifts of the modular structures with different layouts (×10−4 rad).
Intensity
Story
Height (mm)
Benchmark model
Reference model
PA model
PB model
PC model
W1
W2
W3
W1
W2
W3
W1
W2
W3
W1
W2
W3
W1
W2
W3
Frequent conditions (70 gal)
1
3245
3.39
4.96
3.07
12.50
13.12
15.85
4.00
4.85
2.87
2.67
6.35
4.79
2.96
4.31
4.36
2
6490
3.20
5.37
3.25
9.61
11.06
13.68
4.37
4.75
2.99
2.37
6.55
4.98
2.91
4.53
4.22
3
9735
3.16
5.43
3.03
8.33
9.91
12.01
4.40
4.71
2.82
2.29
6.31
4.76
2.91
4.34
4.21
4
12980
3.06
5.31
2.71
8.63
9.45
10.93
4.29
4.54
2.79
2.30
5.86
4.39
2.79
3.92
4.09
5
16225
2.92
5.01
2.53
9.34
9.01
9.61
4.05
4.28
2.76
2.33
5.26
4.05
2.58
3.37
3.91
6
19470
2.70
4.54
2.32
10.20
8.13
9.94
3.69
3.85
2.60
2.25
4.56
3.67
2.28
2.76
3.63
7
22715
2.40
3.94
2.17
10.61
8.03
10.12
3.23
3.28
2.32
2.05
3.79
3.16
1.98
2.44
3.20
8
25960
2.00
3.26
1.95
9.30
7.19
8.75
2.66
2.64
1.95
1.73
3.01
2.57
1.64
2.08
2.65
9
29205
1.58
2.55
1.61
6.64
5.09
6.35
2.06
2.00
1.43
1.37
2.28
1.98
1.25
1.55
1.97
10
32205
1.90
2.53
1.88
3.55
2.64
2.83
2.06
2.34
2.00
1.63
2.17
2.27
1.89
2.11
2.42
Rare conditions (400 gal)
1
3245
19.02
31.73
16.81
59.98
63.59
80.00
25.16
28.99
21.57
14.21
39.42
30.33
16.05
26.92
20.08
2
6490
18.64
32.15
15.90
56.21
64.49
78.75
25.77
28.55
20.86
13.60
38.66
30.69
16.43
26.38
20.27
3
9735
18.16
31.20
15.59
48.35
57.48
67.62
25.73
27.75
20.47
13.21
35.99
29.96
16.39
24.86
19.80
4
12980
17.38
29.80
16.94
49.46
53.43
61.70
24.97
26.47
19.75
13.09
32.37
28.63
15.73
22.30
19.32
5
16225
16.48
27.68
17.61
52.98
51.09
54.24
23.75
24.36
18.33
13.30
28.84
26.47
14.57
19.23
18.95
6
19470
15.22
25.07
17.57
58.04
46.73
56.49
21.82
21.58
16.31
12.88
25.13
23.72
12.93
15.81
18.41
7
22715
13.49
21.86
16.61
60.46
45.75
57.65
19.16
18.20
14.58
11.74
21.00
20.31
11.26
14.35
16.92
8
25960
11.27
18.13
14.52
53.07
41.03
49.96
15.79
14.68
12.17
9.91
16.66
16.45
9.29
12.30
14.45
9
29205
8.68
13.98
11.33
38.14
29.28
34.78
11.93
10.98
9.23
7.54
12.35
12.29
7.03
9.44
11.16
10
32205
5.97
9.4
7.98
19.57
14.36
17.31
6.90
8.28
6.37
4.39
7.88
6.98
5.84
7.30
6.25
Note. The three earthquake waves (i.e., the recorded Cape Mendocino wave, Landers wave, and the simulated wave) are abbreviated to W1, W2, and W3 in the table, respectively. And the maximum values are marked in bold.