Research Article

Experimental and Numerical Studies of AP1000 Shield Building considering Fluid-Structure Interaction

Table 11

Comparison of peak acceleration between test and simulation.

PGA (g)Ground motionAcceleration numberPeak acceleration of test (m/s2)Peak acceleration of simulation (m/s2)Relative error (%)

0.30Scaled El Centro ground motionA43.012.91−3.07
A53.733.54−5.03
A65.224.98−4.52
A76.366.07−4.51
A87.827.35−5.98