Quote:(a) Just imagine, what if a building located in lowest seismic hazard are & use SMRF ?
(b) Just imagine, what if a building located in highest seismic hazard are & use OMRF ?
Trust me your structure will survive
the building i talk is an old, using codes before capacity design implemented and i think is before intelligence programs such as SAP/TABS familiarly used in our country. most building in the same areas collapse too. u can see in this report i posted,
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i have specific documents from expert EE/SE investigators, but i did not posted in here since language is not in english.
are u have building designed in the same areas and same year periods?
back to my questions,
Quote:when using fully ductility for low seismic region, i just have some questions: for what seismicity region maps? and for what complex detailing requirement (unnecessary)
one big reasons using capacity design concepts are economics perspective views, for this reasons why not using elastic design base shear with complex detailing, additional main bars and others requirement for full ductility?
my lecturer master thesis discussed about it, still can not posted in here for language reasons.