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RE: ASCE 7-16 Code interpretation

Posted By John Wang 12-16-2024 11:03 AM
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Michelle: Thanks for your input. That is my interpretation, too. Cs calculation is meant to be for Category B, C, D and E only. I am hoping ASCE staffs can also share their opinion and give us some official guideline. ------------------------------ John Wang P.E., M.ASCE President Midwest ...

RE: ASCE 7-16 Code interpretation

Posted By John Wang 12-16-2024 11:03 AM
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Carl: Thanks for the input. It's been a while! The project I am dealing with is quite a large project. I would like to be more precise rather than go too conservative. Thanks again. John Wang ------------------------------ John Wang P.E., M.ASCE President Midwest Structure Engineering ...

ASCE 7-16 Code interpretation

Posted By John Wang 12-11-2024 02:56 PM
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When a building is qualified as Seismic Design Category A based on ASCE 7-16 Section 11.6 by using Table 11.6-1 only because S1 is less than 0.75, do I still required to use Cs to determine the lateral load base shear? Or I can simply use Fx= 0.01 Wx from Section 1.4 to calculate the lateral load? ...