Effective Configurations of Active Controlled Devices for Improving Structural Seismic Response - Design Optimization of Active and Passive Structural Control Systems - page 244

Table 1. Distribution of active controlled devices in the 20-story structure

Number of Active Floors

Floor

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

7
2

7
2

6
2

6
2

6
2

5
2

5
2

5
2

5
2

5
2

4
1

4
1

4
1

4
1

4
1

4
1

4
1

4
1

4
1

4
1

1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

3

2
1

2
1

1
1

1
1

4

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

5

4
1

3
1

3
1

3
1

3
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

6

3
1

3
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

7

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

8

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

9

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

10

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

11

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

12

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

13

3
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

14

3
1

3
1

3
1

3
1

3
1

3
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

15

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

16

2
1

2
1

2
1

1
1

17

2
1

1
1

1
1

18

1
1

1
1

19

1
1

20

7
2

11
3

12
4

15
5

18
6

18
7

19
8

21
9

21
10

23
11

24
12

26
13

28
14

30
15

32
16

34
17

36
18

38
18

37
19

37
20

Total

*Note: number of dampers, connected to Chevron braces (numerator) or to amplifiers (denominator)