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motions. One of these systems has weak base plates at the bottom of each steel first-story column.<br />

When the weak base plates yield during a strong earthquake, rocking vibration is caused in the<br />

building, as illustrated in Figure 4.<br />

Device<br />

Transducer<br />

Crack Sensor<br />

Control PC<br />

-r<br />

E2Z3<br />

Figure 3: Central frame of span direction for damage detection and smart sensors<br />

A base plate yields<br />

Figure 4: Outline of rocking system with base plate yielding<br />

CHARACTERISTICS OF TEST FRAME<br />

Figure 5 shows the Fourier spectrum of response acceleration of each story of the superstructure<br />

excited by white noise. <strong>The</strong> roofs primary predominant (1 st mode) frequency is 1.83Hz. This<br />

means that the first natural period 0.546 sec. However, the 2 nd spectrum value is smaller than the 3 rd<br />

value on the 3 floor, and me 2nd spectrum value is larger than the 3 rd value on the 2nd floor. This<br />

means that the secondary mode of vibration is being generated.

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