Prototype Building Design Examples


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This paper will demonstrate the application of the new ASCE 7-16 Chapter 6, Tsunami Loads and Effects, when applied to prototypical buildings located in various coastal locations. Because this is a new chapter in ASCE 7, which previously has not included tsunami design, it is important to provide a comprehensive set of worked examples of typical building and structural element designs to demonstrate how all of the different design provisions are to be applied. The authors are responsible for the development of two design manuals to be published by ASCE in 2016 with extensive worked examples of tsunami design. Highlights of these examples will be illustrated in this paper and presentation. In addition, the financial consequences of including tsunami loads and effects in the design of coastal buildings will be illustrated including cost impacts of the first US vertical evacuation structure. For multi-story reinforced concrete and structural steel buildings designed for moderate to high seismic loads, the tsunami loads will seldom govern the design of the lateral framing system. However, for low rise critical facilities the increase in lateral framing system strength and foundation systems will be more significant. In addition, local structural elements such as gravity load columns or shear walls on the exterior of the building may need to be enhanced. The tsunami loads that tend to control individual member designs on the exterior of the structure are the hydraulic drag force with debris accumulation against the building frame, and impact forces due to floating debris such as logs and shipping containers. Examples of these load calculations and member designs will be demonstrated, along with the implications for building cost.

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16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
Conference Venue:
Santiago (CL)
Conference Dates:
2017-01-09 / 2017-01-13
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