5.1 Seismic Design Categories - c.ymcdn（5.1抗震设计类别c.ymcdn）.pdf

EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT DESIGN CONCEPTS Chapter 5 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS 5.1 Seismic Design Categories The NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions recognizes that, independent of the quality of their design and construction, not all buildings pose the same seis- mic risk. Factors that affect a structure’s seismic risk include: • The intensity of ground shaking and other earthquake effects the structure is likely to experience and • The structure’s use including consideration of the number of people who would be affected by the structure’s failure and the need to use the struc- ture for its intended purpose after an earthquake. The Provisions uses the Seismic Design Category (SDC) concept to categorize structures according to the seismic risk they could pose. There are six SDCs rang- ing from A to F with structures posing minimal seismic risk assigned to SDC A and structures posing the highest seismic risk assigned to SDC F. As a structure’s potential seismic risk as represented by the Seismic Design Category increases, the Provisions requires progressively more rigorous seismic design and construction as a means of attempting to ensure that all buildings provide an acceptable risk to the public. Thus, as the SDC for a structure increases, so do the strength and detailing requirements and the cost of providing seismic resistance. Table 2 sum- marizes the potential seismic risk associated with buildings in the various Seismic Design Categories and the primary protective measures required for structures in each of the categories. As noted in Table 2, structures are assigned to a Seismic Design Category based on the severity of ground shaking and other earthquake effects the structure may experience and the nature of the structure’s occupancy and use. The nature of the structure’s occupancy and use used in determining a Seismic Des