Seismic Performance of Modular Structures with Novel Steel Frame: Light Gauge Slotted Steel Stud Walls
Table 3
Maximum lateral and torsional displacements (in mm) and maximum stress (in MPa) of the studied modular structure models.
Intensity
Indices
Benchmark model
Reference model
PA model
PB model
PC model
P6 model
P12 model
W1
W2
W3
W1
W2
W3
W1
W2
W3
W1
W2
W3
W1
W2
W3
W1
W2
W3
W1
W2
W3
Frequent conditions (70 gal)
uxmax
8.46
13.98
7.25
23.78
24.7
26.44
14.92
15.19
9.16
7.95
17.06
13.3
7.37
9.78
11.19
3.47
5.97
4.01
10.3
15.38
12.22
uzmax
0.72
0.84
0.69
1.55
1.55
1.55
1.65
1.62
1.46
1.27
1.38
1.38
0.78
0.85
0.82
0.43
0.39
0.39
0.33
0.33
0.34
σmax
144.8
151.8
143.6
208.5
210.0
212.2
223.9
229.9
226.7
225.9
238.0
226.6
228.6
239.4
229.8
103.7
104.3
104.4
169.6
173.9
171.8
Rare conditions (400 gal)
uxmax
46.73
78.44
46.55
133.97
138.78
149.18
85.49
86.43
57.69
43.69
95.25
85.53
40.27
54.95
50.52
17.87
31.98
20.97
57.43
86.55
67.92
uzmax
1.53
2.3
1.34
1.6
1.59
1.6
6.35
7.52
3.97
3.57
4.59
6.12
2.19
2.5
2.71
0.94
0.8
0.71
0.34
0.37
0.38
σmax
201.6
240.1
189.4
281.7
298.4
319.1
287.3
328.1
307.5
235.3
328.8
266.6
308.2
347.1
302.3
114.0
125.4
109.5
221.9
279.6
234.5
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.
