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

Table 7

Peak strain and strain variation factor under scaled El Centro ground motion.

Model	Height of measuring point (m)	Peak strain () (strain variation factor)
		0.10 g	0.15 g	0.20 g	0.30 g
Model I	0.18	20.71	31.61 (1.53)	41.33 (2.00)	61.28 (2.96)
	0.39	15.61	23.27 (1.49)	31.49 (2.02)	48.10 (3.08)
	0.60	12.63	18.84 (1.49)	26.61 (2.11)	37.14 (2.94)
	0.81	8.92	13.35 (1.50)	18.56 (2.08)	26.87 (3.01)
	1.02	4.75	7.21 (1.52)	9.37 (1.97)	14.59 (3.07)
Model II	0.18	21.67	33.31 (1.54)	44.86 (2.07)	68.23 (3.15)
	0.39	16.05	24.24 (1.51)	34.94 (2.18)	52.82 (3.29)
	0.60	12.81	19.72 (1.54)	28.77 (2.25)	39.46 (3.08)
	0.81	8.71	13.26 (1.52)	20.48 (2.35)	27.34 (3.14)
	1.02	4.73	7.36 (1.56)	9.50 (2.01)	15.27 (3.23)