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2014 EERI Technical Seminar Series:
Performance Based Design

State of the Practice for Tall Buildings
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An EERI Seminar

State of the Practice for Tall Buildings
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November 6, 2014
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An EERI Technical Seminar
Performance Based Design State of the Practice for Tall Buildings

8:30 8:45 a.m. Welcome/Introduction
Jay Berger, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Jim Malley, Degenkolb Engineers
8:45 9:15 a.m. Introduction and History of Performance Based Design.... 1

Ron Hamburger, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
9:15 10:00 a.m. Guideline Documents (LATBSDC/PEER) . 15

Jack Moehle, University of California, Berkeley (Seattle)
Farzad Naeim, Farzad Naeim, Inc. (Los Angeles and San Francisco)
10:00 11:00 a.m. Using Ground Motions & SFSI 59

Marshall Lew, AMEC (San Francisco)
Jonathan Stewart, University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles and Seattle)
11:00 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 12:00 p.m. Structural Analyses and Modeling .. 101

Greg Deierlein, Stanford University
12:00 12:15 p.m. Morning Panel Discussion
12:15 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 1:45 p.m. Case Study 1: Concrete Building Design..139

John Hooper, Magnusson Klemencic Associates (LA, SF and Seattle)
Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
1:45 2:30 p.m. Case Study 2: Steel and Composite Construction Design. 167
Leonard Joseph, Thorton Tomasetti, Inc. (Los Angeles and San Francisco)
Nabih Youssef, Nabih Youssef & Associates (Seattle)
2:30 3:15 p.m. Lessons from Performance Based Design PEER Reviews. 245
Jack Moehle, University of California, Berkeley (Seattle)
Farzad Naeim, Farzad Naeim, Inc. (Los Angeles and San Francisco)
3:15 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 4:00 p.m. Future of Performance Based Design and ATC 58. 263
Ron Hamburger, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
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4:00 4:15 p.m. Local Jurisdiction Applications. 279
Gary Ho, San Francisco, Department of Building Inspection
Colin Kumabe, Los Angeles, Department of Building and Safety
Steve Pfeiffer, Seattle, Department of Planning and Development
4:15 4:45 p.m. Panel Discussion
4:45 p.m. Evaluation/Adjourn.... 317
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Introduction & History of
Performance-based Seismic
Design
Ronald O. Hamburger, SE, SECB

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
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RonaldO.Hamburger
Ron Hamburger is a Senior Principal and Western Regional Head of Structural Engineering at
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger. Mr. Hamburger has 40 years of experience in engineering,
construction, failure investigation and research. He is a past President of the Structural
Engineers Association of California, and of the National Council of Structural Engineering
Associations, as well as the Structural Engineering Certification Board. He also is a past Vice
President of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and a fellow of the Structural
Engineering Institute.
Mr. Hamburger has been engaged in the development of building codes and standards for more
than 25 years with a particular emphasis on performance-based earthquake engineering
procedures. He was a member of the ATC-33 and ATC-40 project teams, the SEAOC Vision
2000 committee, the FEMA 356 development panel, and since 2001 has served as project
technical director for the ATC-58 project to develop next-generation performance-based design
criteria. He is a member of the ASCE 41 Committee and chair of the ASCE 7 committee. In
2014, the Structural Engineering Institute awarded Mr. Hamburger the Walter P. Moore award
for a lifetime achievement in development of building codes.
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Introduction & History of
Performance-based Seismic
Design
Ronald O. Hamburger, SE, SECB

PBD What is it?

SEAOC Vision 2000 Report, 1996
Procedures that enable the deign and
construction of buildings that will reliably be
able to attain desired seismic performance
Potential life-safety impacts
Potential loss of occupancy
Potential repair costs
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PBD What is it?
An approach to obtain:
Buildings that perform better than typical code
confirming buildings?
Buildings that dont meet the code, but can
perform as well as a code-conforming
building?
The Essence
A Decision-maker states a
desire that a building be able to
perform in a certain way-
Protect life safety
Minimize potential repair costs
Minimize disruption of use
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The Essence
The engineer uses his or

her skill to provide a design
that will be capable of
achieving these objectives
Code-based Seismic Design
Minimum acceptable lateral

strength and stiffness
Minimum acceptable detailing
practices
Required attachment strength
and displacement capacity of
nonstructural components
Presumed to provide acceptable performance

Actual performance capability never actually evaluated
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The Past
1970s, 80s and early 90s

1971-1994: A period of unrest

Owners began to
question how their
buildings would
perform in future
earthquakes.
and demand that
engineers design (or
upgrade) their
buildings to perform
better
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Life Safety
I want my existing
building to be safe-
Life Safety
X 0.75
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Immediate Occupancy
I want to be able to use

my building, right away
Immediate Occupancy
1.5 x
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PML<20%
I want the repair

cost to be less than
20% of replacement
value
Minimize Repair Cost
x Y
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1st Generation Procedures

Seismic rehabilitation
ATC-40 FEMA-273 ASCE-41
1996 1997 2006
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The PBD Process
Select Performance Objectives
Perform Preliminary Design
Asses Performance Capability
No Revise
Acceptable?
Design
Yes
Construction
Performance Objectives
+
Ground
Motion
x% - 50 years Performance
Level
Design Hazard (earthquake ground shaking)
Acceptable Performance Level

(maximum acceptable damage, given that shaking occurs
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Standard Performance Levels
Operational Immediate Life Collapse

Occupancy Safety Prevention
Structural Performance Based on Nonlinear Response

Base Shear
Structural Displacement D (earthquake intensity)

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Structural Performance
EQ effect
dj
qj
qi
di
Force
B C
D E
A
Deformation
Acceptance Criteria
Nonstructural Performance
Accounts for more than

70% of earthquake
economic losses
Not really covered by
present procedures
Simple review of
anchorage and bracing
requirements similar to
prescriptive code
Shake table qualification
of essential systems
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PBD Today
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Guideline Documents

Farzad Naeim Jack Moehle

Farzad Naeim, Inc. UC Berkeley
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FarzadNaeim
Farzad is the founder and President of Farzad Naeim, Inc. Prior to founding this firm, he
was the Technical Director at John A. Martin & Associates (JAMA) and it's General
Counsel. Farzad has been instrumental in development of the LATBSDC PBD
guidelines and has chaired the committee in charge of development of that series of
guidelines since 2005. He has also been a member of the task group that developed the
PEER-TBI Guideline. Dr. Naeim has served as the Chair of Seismic Peer Review Panel
for numerous tall buildings designed according to PBD methodologies.
Farzad has served as Editor-in-Chief of Earthquake Spectra, President of EERI, inaugural

Chair of the Governance Board of the U.S. Network for Earthquake Engineering
Simulation (NEES), and the Chair of the 10th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake
Engineering.
JackMoehle
Jack Moehle is the T.Y. and Margaret Lin Professor of Engineering in the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. His
research and teaching interests are related to structural engineering, with emphasis on
reinforced concrete and earthquake engineering. A licensed Civil Engineer in the State of
California, Dr. Moehle works regularly as a consulting engineer, offering advice and
expert peer review, including high-rise building projects in Seattle, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, and San Diego. He is Honorary Member of the Structural Engineers Association
of Northern California, member of the College of Fellows of the Structural Engineers
Association of California, and elected member of the U.S. National Academy of
Engineering. He has served on the Boards of Directors of the Structural Engineers
Association of Northern California, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, and
the American Concrete Institute. He has been a member of the ACI 318 Building Code
Committee since 1989, chair of ACI 318H (Seismic Provisions) from 1995 to 2014, and
is Chair of ACI 318 for the 2014-2019 code cycle.
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Guideline Documents

Farzad Naeim Jack Moehle

Farzad Naeim, Inc. UC Berkeley
Why PBD for Tall Buildings?

The traditional code-based design everywhere is built on
prescriptive rules and linear analysis.
Using such an approach:
We can design building that are generally life-safe during
earthquakes
They generally have more capacity than indicated by our design
analysis
But how much more capacity they have got?
What level of excitation is necessary to bring them
down?
The prescriptive code approach is incapable of
answering these questions.
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Tall Buildings are a special class of structures with very
particular characteristics and requirements:
long period
multi-mode behavior
Significance of P-delta effects
large occupancy
impact of failure and/or collapse
We have evolved: from linear static to dynamic to

nonlinear; from deterministic to probabilistic.
Computing advances have made nonlinear analysis
practical.

In fairness to the code-writers, codes are not generally
written with tall buildings in mind.
Let us look at building construction statistics in the
United States:
% of Buildings
6% 1%
1 to 3 Stories
4 to 13 Stories
93%
14 Stories and
Taller
You can not realistically expect code-writers to dedicate

a large portion of their effort to address 1% of the
buildings.
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Example:
2002 Los Angeles Building Code Story Drift
Requirement:
Story Drift Ratio < 0.020/T1/3

This provision, which was later retracted, probably did
not have a serious effect on design of low-rise buildings
but was a huge straightjacket for design of tall buildings
with long vibration periods
Example:
0.0500
0.0450
0.0400
0.0350
Drift (rad)
0.0300
0.0250
0.0200
0.0150
0.0100
0.0050
0.0000
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0
T (sec)
Illustrations courtesy of
CTBUH
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Examples of the Need
Core Wall System
The great majority of
tall buildings
under design or
construction in western Figure courtesy of MKA
U.S. use this system.

But codes do not allow shear wall alone
systems to exceed 240 feet of overall height.
How did they get around that limitation?
How about hybrid systems or new systems
not envisioned by the code?
The Mechanism
Alternative Methods Clause in the Codes
Section 104.11 of 2012 IBC:
The provisions of this code are not intended to prevent the
installation of any material or to prohibit any design or
method of construction not specifically prescribed by this
code, provided that any such alternative has been approved.
An alternative material, design or method of construction
shall be approved where the building official finds that the
proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the intent
of the provisions of this code, and that the material, method
or work offered is, for the purpose intended, at least the
equivalent of that prescribed in this code in quality, strength,
effectiveness, fire resistance, durability and safety.
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The Mechanism
Alternative Methods Clause in the Codes
Section 12.6 of ASCE 7-10:
"The structural analysis required by Chapter 12 shall consist
of one of the types permitted in Table 12.6.1, based on the
structure's seismic design category, structural system,
dynamic properties, and regularity, or with the approval of the
authority having jurisdiction, an alternative generally
accepted procedure is permitted to be used.....
Section 1.3 of ASCE 7-10 also permits
performance-based approaches that use analysis,
testing, or a combination thereof, as acceptable
alternative means.
There is a problem though!

How do you establish equivalent or
superior performance?
You need:
An acceptable methodology
Acceptable seismic hazard evaluation
methods
Acceptable modeling and analysis
techniques
Rational acceptance criteria
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That is where guidelines come in!
Guidelines
The two mostly used guidelines are:
2010 PEER-TBI
2014 LATBSDC
They both refer to:
ASCE 41and ASCE 7 Standards
ATC-72-1
Jurisdictional differences in adaptation:
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
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2010 PEER-TBI Organization 104 pages
1. Introduction
2. Design Performance Objectives
3. Design Process Overview
4. Design Criteria Documentation
5. Seismic Input
6. Preliminary Design
7. Service Level Evaluation
8. MCE Evaluation
9. Presentation of Results
10. Project Review
2014 LATBSDC Organization 51 pages
1. Introduction
2. Intent, Scope, Justification, and Methodology
3. Analysis and Design Procedure
1. General
2. Modeling Requirements
3. Serviceability Requirements
4. Collapse Prevention Evaluation
5. Specific Provisions for R/C Structures
4. Peer Review Requirements
5. Seismic Instrumentation
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ASCE 41and the Guidelines
ASCE41 is officially intended for seismic
rehabilitation of existing structures
However, its component-based performance
limits for NDP are routinely referenced by
guidelines for performance based design of tall
buildings
Engineers who believe ASCE 41limits are too
conservative, or are not applicable to their
project, have the opportunity to present and
substantiate other appropriate limits
Peer review approval is always necessary for any
deviation from ASCE 41
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2010 TBI:
Basic Performance Objective (BPO)
Performance equivalent to Code design buildings
Two Level Design
Enhanced Performance Objective (EPO)
Better than BPO
Specifics and criteria not laid out
2014 LATBSDC:
Serviceable performance under frequent events
Repairable following very rare events
Hazard Levels Considered:
Serviceability: 43 years mean return period (50% in 30 years)
Very Rare Event:
PEER-TBI: ASCE 7-05, 7-10 MCE
2014 LATBSDC: MCER per ASCE 7-10 with clarifications
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Analytical Procedures
ASCE-41 permits four types of analyses:
1. Linear elastic static procedure (LSP)
2. Linear dynamic procedure (LDP) or response
spectrum analysis
3. Non-linear static procedure (NSP) commonly
referred to as the push-over analysis, and
4. Dynamic nonlinear response analysis (NDP).
Tall Building Design Guidelines permit only two:

1. 3D LDP or NDP for serviceability check
2. 3D NDP for all checks
More About Performance Objectives

1. Serviceable behavior:
building structural and nonstructural components retain their
general functionality during and after earthquake
Repairs, if necessary, are expected to be minor and could be
performed without substantially affecting the normal use and
functionality of the building
2. A low probability of collapse under MCE or MCER
type events.
Demands are checked for all structural members (lateral as
well as gravity system)
Claddings and their connections to the structure must
accommodate MCE or MCER displacements without failure
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Capacity Design
Both guidelines use capacity design
principles:
The capacity design criteria shall be described in
the project-specific seismic design criteria.
The structural system for the building shall be
clearly demonstrated to have well defined inelastic
behavior where nonlinear action is limited to the
clearly identified members and regions.
All other members should be stronger than the
elements designed to experience nonlinear
behavior.
Example of Capacity Design Approach

Table C.3.3.2 Zones and actions commonly designated for nonlinear behavior
Structural System Zones and Actions

Flexural yielding of Beam ends (except for transfer
girders)
Special Moment Resisting Frames
Shear in Beam-Column Panel Zones
(steel , concrete, or composite)
P-M-M* yielding at the base of columns (top of
foundation or basement podiums)
Braces (yielding in tension and buckling in
compression)
Special Concentric Braced Frames
P-M-M yielding at the base of columns (top of
Shear Link portion of the beams (shear yielding
preferred but combined shear and flexural yielding
Eccentric Braced Frames permitted).
Unbonded brace cores (yielding in tension and
compression)
Unbonded Braced Frames
Shear yielding of web plates
Special Steel-Plate Shear Walls
Flexural yielding of Beam ends
P-M-M yielding at the base of the walls (top of
foundation or basement podiums) and other clearly
R/C Shear Walls
defined locations throughout the height of the wall.
Flexural yielding and/or shear yielding of link beams
Controlled rocking
Foundations
Controlled settlement
Source: 2014 LATBSDC * yielding caused by combined axial force and uniaxial or biaxial flexure
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Classification of Structural Actions
All actions must be classified as either
Force-Controlled, or
Deformation-Controlled
Force-Controlled actions
must further be categorized
as either
Critical, or
Non-Critical
Example of Classification of Actions

Table 5. Typical Classification of Component Actions
Component Seismic Action Classification Criticality
Flexure Force Controlled Non-Critical

Below grade perimeter walls
Shear Force Controlled Critical
Flexure Deformation Controlled N/A

Parking ramp walls

Podium walls

Tower core walls
(over their entire height)
Core wall coupling beams Shear / Flexure Deformation Controlled N/A
Out of plane flexure Deformation Controlled N/A

Floor slabs
around supports

Diaphragms with major shear
transfer
Gravity columns Axial Force Controlled Critical

Foundations
Source: 2014 LATBSDC Shear Force Controlled Critical
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Evaluation Procedures
Both guidelines require a three-
dimensional detailed mathematical
model of the physical structure
Realistic estimates of stiffness, strength
and damping
Strength:
2014 LATBSDC uses expected material
properties and reduction factor of 1.0.
2010 PEER-TBI uses the same for MCE
but specified properties and code reduction
factors for serviceability evaluation.
Expected Material Strength

Material Expected Strength
Strength (ksi)
Yield Strength for
Structural steel
Hot-rolled structural shapes and bars
ASTM A36/A36M 1.5Fy
ASTM A572/A572M Grade 42 (290) 1.3Fy
ASTM A992/A992M 1.1Fy
All other grades 1.1Fy
Hollow Structural Sections
ASTM A500, A501, A618 and A847 1.3Fy
Steel Pipe
ASTM A53/A53M 1.4Fy
Plates 1.1Fy
All other products 1.1Fy
Yield Strength for 1.17 times specified fy

Reinforcing steel
Ultimate Strength for 1.3 times specified fc

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Stiffness Properties 2010 PEER-TBI
Table 7.2 Effective component stiffness values.
Component Flexural Shear Axial
Rigidity Rigidity Rigidity
Structural steel Beams, Columns and Braces EsI G sA E sA
Composite Concrete Metal Deck Floors 0.5EcIg G cA g E cA g
R/C Beams nonprestressed 0.5EcIg G cA g E cA g
R/C Beams prestressed EcIg G cA g E cA g
R/C Columns 0.5EcIg G cA g E cA g
R/C Walls 0.75EcIg G cA g E cA g
R/C Slabs and Flat Plates 0.5EcIg G cA g E cA g
Notes:
Ec shall be computed per ACI 318, using expected material strength per Table 7.1.
Gc shall be computed as Ec ( 2 (1 +n ) ) , where n shall be taken as 0.2.
Stiffness Properties 2014 LATBSDC

f
Table 3. Reinforced Concrete Stiffness Properties

Element Serviceability and Wind MCE-Level Nonlinear Models
Structural Walls Flexural 0.75 Ig Flexural 1.0 Ec *, **
Shear 1.0 Ag Shear 0.5 Ag
Basement Walls Flexural 1.0 Ig Flexural 0.8 Ig
Coupling Beams Flexural 0.3 Ig Flexural 0.2 Ig
Diaphragms (in-plane only) Flexural 0.5 Ig Flexural 0.25 Ig
Moment Frame Beams Flexural 0.7 Ig Flexural 0.35 Ig
Moment Frame Columns Flexural 0.9 Ig Flexural 0.7 Ig
* Modulus of elasticity is based on the following equations:

Ec = 57000 f c for fc 6000 psi
Ec = 40000 f c + 1 106 for fc > 6000 psi (per ACI 363R-921)

** Nonlinear fiber elements automatically account for cracking of concrete because the concrete fibers have
zero tension stiffness.
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PEER-TBI & LATBSDC Provisions
1. Use 2.5% damping instead of 5% damping but permit
DCR = 1.5 for deformation controlled members for
serviceability.
2. 2014 LATBSDC limits DCR to 0.70 for force controlled
members in serviceability check.
3. 2010 PEER requirements for collapse prevention are
more elaborate and detailed than 2011 LATBSDC
4. No minimum base shear capacity requirement in either
document
Analysis Methods
Serviceability:
Can use either
1. Linear Response Spectrum Analyses
CQC mode combination
90% mass participation
2. Nonlinear Dynamic Response Analyses
For MCE evaluation:

Must use
Nonlinear Dynamic Response Analyses
Inherent torsional properties of the structural
system should always be considered.
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Accidental Eccentricity (AE)
2014 LATBSDC
Consider implications during serviceability
evaluation
Address if significant during MCE evaluation
2010 PEER TBI

Do not need to consider
Consideration of AE in nonlinear analyses

may require multiple evaluations.
Floor Diaphragms
Floor diaphragms shall be included in the mathematical model using
realistic stiffness properties.
Regardless of the relative rigidity or flexibility of floor diaphragms,
flexibility of diaphragms with significant force transfer (for example
podium levels and other setback levels) shall be explicitly included
in the mathematical model.
Diaphragm chord and drag forces shall be established in a manner
consistent with the floor characteristics, geometry, and well-
established principles of structural mechanics.
Both shear and bending stresses in diaphragms must be
considered.
At diaphragm discontinuities, such as openings and re-entrant
corners, the dissipation or transfer of edge (chord) forces combined
with other forces in the diaphragm shall be evaluated.
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Load Combinations
(a) Response Spectrum Analysis
1.0D + Lexp + 1.0Ex + 0.3Ey
1.0D + Lexp + 1.0Ey + 0.3Ex
(b) Nonlinear Dynamic Response Analysis
1.0D + Lexp + 1.0E
where D is the service dead load and Lexp is the expected service live load. Lexp may be taken
as 25% of the unreduced live load unless otherwise substantiated and shall be included in all
gravity calculations and P-D analyses.
C.3.4.3. Building Code response modification factors do not apply (that is, R, W 0, r , and Cd,
are all taken as unity). Lexp need not be included in the mass calculations.
P- Inclusion
P- effects must be
included in all
analyses ROOF DRIFT ANGLE vs. NORMALIZED BASE SHEAR
Pushover (NEHRP '94 k=2 pattern); LA 20-Story
0.14
P-Delta effect included
Normalized Base Shear (V/W)
0.12 P-Delta effect excluded
0.1
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05
Figure courtesy of Prof. Helmut Krawinkler Roof Drift Angle
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Modeling Nonlinear Behavior
Figure courtesy of Prof. Greg Deierlein
Modeling Nonlinear Behavior

Concentrated plasticity model for
beams and columns and fiber elements
for walls are most common
All other elements and components that
in combination significantly contribute to
or affect the total or local stiffness of the
building should be included in the
mathematical model.
Axial deformation of gravity
columns in a core-wall system
is one example of effects that
should be considered in the
structural model of the building
Figure courtesy of MKA
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Modeling Strength / Stiffness Degradation
2010 PEER TBI

Provides detailed guidelines on four
approved methods for modeling degradation
2014 LATBSDC
Adopts the first two of the detailed
procedures contained in 2010 PEER.
2010 PEER-TBI Degradation Modeling Options
Figure courtesy of Prof. Helmut Krawinkler
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Soil-Foundation-Structure-Interaction (SFSI)
Naeim & Stewart (2008) demonstrated

the difficulties of realistic modeling of
SFSI in a design environment.
2010 PEER-TBI has two recommended
modeling techniques
2014 LATBSDC recommends a single
approach for this.
SFSI
2010 PEER TBI Suggested
Modeling Techniques for SFSI
2014 LATBSDC
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Foundations
Modeling, Rocking and Uplift:
Foundation components that have significant
flexibility or will experience significant inelastic
behavior shall be modeled following the same
approach outlined for components of the
superstructure.
Response Modification Devices

Seismic isolation and energy dissipation devices
shall be modeled based on data from laboratory
tests representing conditions anticipated during
MCE / MCER shaking.
If the properties of these devices vary
significantly, lower and upper bound properties
shall be modeled.
The consequences of attaining device limits
must be demonstrated to be tolerable to the
structure.
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Backstay Effects
2010 PEER-TBI
Refers to ATC-72 provisions
Lower and upper bound stiffness
values for diaphragms and walls
are used to envelope the backstay
effect impact.
2014 LATBSDC
Uses a similar but simplified
procedure where only lower and (Illustration from ATC-72)
upper bound stiffness of the
diaphragms are modeled.
Table 4. Stiffness parameters for Upper Bound and Lower Bound Models

Stiffness Parameters UB LB
Diaphragms at the podium and below
Ec Ieff 0.5 0.20 to 0.25
Gc A 0.5 0.20 to 0.25
Damping
A particularly thorny issue

In nonlinear analyses most of the damping is represented by
hysteretic behavior of the elements
Some small additional viscous damping may be justified for:
Energy dissipation provided by components and systems
not explicitly modeled
As necessary to avoid numerical instability
2014 LATBSDC
Limits viscous damping to 2.5% for both
serviceability and MCE.
2010 PEER-TBI
2.5% for linear serviceability evaluation
Refers to ATC-72 for nonlinear evaluation
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Ground Motion Selection and Scaling
Three General Methods:
Code Scaling in time-domain so that the
average of spectra of records stays above
design spectrum over a range of periods
Spectral Matching by modifying the frequency
content of the ground motion
Conditional Mean Spectrum (CMS) by scaling
at a particular period or periods
All three methods permitted by both
guidelines
Code Scaling
Source: FEMA 451B
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Spectral Matching
Source: Ninyo and More
CMS Scaling
From Jack W. Baker, The

Conditional Mean Spectrum:
A Tool for Ground Motion
Selection, ASCE Journal of
Structural Engineering,
February 2010.
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Ground Motion Selection and Scaling
A minimum of 7 pairs is usually required

If CMS is used, 2014 LATBSDC requires at
least two suites of 7 pairs.
Attention should be paid to higher modes being
addressed by scaling (0.2T to 1.5T
Most practicing engineers prefer matching
One must be careful as, matched motion contains
less record to record dispersion
This is one reason 2014 LATBSDC uses 1.5 x mean
rather than Mean + x% of SD
2014 LATBSDC R/C Specific Requirements
Beams in Special R/C Moment Frames

In regions where post-yield rotations are
expected, the member shall be detailed in the
vertical direction as required by ACI 318-11
Eq. (21-5).
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2014 LATBSDC R/C Specific Requirements
High-Strength Concrete
Table 7. Intermediate and final strength values for high-strength concrete
Specified Strength (psi) Intermediate and final strength values (psi)

6,000 <fc < 8000 6,000 at 28 days
1.0 fc at 90 days
8,000 <fc < 12,000 6,000 at 28 days

0.75 fc at 90 days
1.0 fc at 365 days
fc > 12,000 0.50 fc at 28 days

0.75 fc at 90 days
1.0 fc at 365 days
s max
Stress, s
0.5s max
e > 0.0020 e > 0.0040
Strain, e
Figure 3.6.2.1. Strain capacity requirements
Peer Review Requirements

Both documents have extensive peer
review requirements which will be
discussed in a separate presentation.
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Instrumentation Requirements
2010 PEER TBI
No requirements
2011 LATBSDC
Detailed requirements
Consistent with CGS / CSMIP
LATBSDC Instrumentation Requirements

Objective:
Improve safety and reliability of building systems by providing data to
improve computer modeling and enable damage detection for post-
event condition assessment
Plan and Review:

An instrumentation plan shall be prepared by the EOR and submitted to
SPRP and Building Official for review and approval.
SPRP Approved instrumentation plans shall be marked accordingly on
the structural drawings.
If the building is intended to be included in the inventory of buildings
monitored by the California Geologic Survey (CGS) then the recorders
and accelerometers must be of a type approved by CGS.
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Acceptance Criteria
Key differences to be aware of:
Reduction Factors:
In 2014 LATBSDC, = 1.0, always.
In 2010 PEER-TBI, = 1.0 for serviceability;
= code values for MCE
Risk Categories:
2014 LATBSDC considers various categories
2010 PEER-TBI assumes Risk Category to be II
Modeling Dispersion:
2014 LATBSDC uses 1.5 x mean
2010 PEER-TBI uses 1.5 x mean, or
mean + 1.3 x SD > 1.2 x mean, depending on the situation.
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Risk Category Reduction Factor
2014 LATBSDC
Acceptance Criteria -- Maximum Drift

Absolute Maximum Transient Drift Angle
Limits
Serviceability:
0.005 overall
MCE or MCER:
0.030 x Ki max average at any story
0.045 x Ki max. interstory drift at any story

under any record
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Acceptance Criteria -- Residual Drift
Collapse Prevention:
0.010 x Ki average max. of time histories
0.015 x Ki maximum from any
Acceptance Criteria
Strength Loss:
In any nonlinear dynamic response analysis,
deformation imposed at any story shall not
result in a loss of total story strength that
exceeds 20% of the initial strength.
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Acceptance Criteria -- Serviceability
2014 LATBSDC
Force-Controlled Actions:
Strength Demand < 0.7 x Capacity
Deformation-Controlled Actions:
Response Spectrum Analysis
Strength Demand < 1.50 x Capacity,
(Risk Category I, II)
Strength Demand < 1.20 x Capacity, (Risk Category III)
Talk to SPRP for Risk Category > III
Nonlinear Analysis
Can use up to IO limit of ASCE 41
Acceptance Criteria -- MCE

2010 PEER
Two Groups:
Critical Actions
failure mode pose severe consequences to
structural stability under gravity and/or lateral
loads
Design for mean + 1.3 to 1.5 times SD
Use code reduction factors, = 0.75 for shear
Noncritical Actions
Design for mean demand values and = 1.0.
2011 LATBSDC
Essentially the same, except uses 1.5 times mean,
= 1.0, and a factor for risk category.
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2014 LATBSDC
Critical Actions:
Fuc k if Fn,e
where
Different in PEER-TBI Fuc = 1.5 times the mean value of demand.
Fn,e = nominal strength as computed from applicable material codes but based on
expected material properties.
Different in PEER-TBI f = 1.0.
Different in PEER-TBI k i = Risk reduction factor given in Table 6.
EXCEPTION: For buildings located in the Los Angeles region if the

serviceability acceptance criteria are satisfied per requirements of Section
3.4.5.1, then k i may be taken as 1.0.

2014 LATBSDC
Non-Critical Actions:
Fu k if Fn,e
where
Fu = the mean demand obtained from the suite of analyses,
Fn,e = nominal strength as computed from applicable material codes but based on
expected material properties.
f = 1.0.
Different in PEER-TBI k i = Risk reduction factor given in Table 6.
EXCEPTION: For buildings located in the Los Angeles region if the

serviceability acceptance criteria are satisfied per requirements of Section
3.4.5.1, then k i may be taken as 1.0.
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Upper Limit on Column Axial Forces
Large axial forces reduce available R/C
column ductility
2014 LATBSDC
MCE: P < 0.4fcAg
2010 PEER-TBI
MCE: P < balanced load
< 0.3fcAg

Deformation-Controlled Actions: 2014 LATBSDC
< Ki x Primary CP limits in ASCE-41

Larger values may be used only if substantiated
by appropriate laboratory tests.
If exceeded, strength degradation, stiffness
degradation and hysteretic pinching shall be
considered and base shear capacity of the
structure shall not fall below 90% of the base
shear capacity at deformations corresponding to
ASCE 41Primary CP limits
2010 PEER-TBI is not as rigid and refers
to ASCE 41 as a source of information.
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APPLICATION EXAMPLES
Applications
Many tall buildings have been designed using these

guidelines in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San
Diego, and elsewhere
Here are some examples

Los Angeles:
888 Olive
1133 Olive
1212 Flower Towers
Wilshire & Grand
Metropolis Tower
San Diego
7th & Ash
San Francisco
Transbay Tower
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888 Olive Street
in downtown Los
Angeles
34 stories
Core wall construction
Podium
Subterranean levels
Basement walls
Flat plates
Gravity columns
2014 EERIand
Illustrations TECHNICAL SEMINAR:
drawings courtesy PERFORMANCE
of Onni Group BASED DESIGN STATE OF THE PRACTICE FOR TALL BUILDINGS
and Glotman-Simpson
Illustrations and drawings courtesy of Onni Group and Glotman-Simpson
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ARCHITECTS INC.
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Ground Motions and SSI for

Jonathan P. Stewart, UCLA

and Marshall Lew, AMEC
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JonathanP.Stewart
Jonathan P. Stewart is Professor and Chair of the Civil & Environmental Engineering at
UCLA. His technical expertise is in geotechnical earthquake engineering and engineering
seismology, with emphases on seismic soil-structure interaction, engineering
characterization of earthquake ground motions, seismic performance of levees and other
embankments, and seismic ground failure. Results of work by his research group are
widely utilized in engineering practice, including the NEHRP Provisions, ASCE-7, and
ASCE-41. He has led major multi-investigator research efforts related to ground motion
characterization (NGA and GEM projects, via PEER center) nonlinear site response
analysis (with PEER center), soil-structure interaction (with Applied Technology
Council), and seismic ground failure (NGL project, via PEER center). He is a former
Chief Editor for the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
and is the current Editor of Earthquake Spectra. His research team has produced 20 Ph.D.
graduates since 2001 and over 70 journal articles since 1995.

MarshallLew

Dr. Marshall Lew is a Principal and Vice President of AMEC Environmental and
Infrastructure, Inc. and is stationed in the Los Angeles office. He is a specialist in
geotechnical and earthquake engineering. Dr. Lew is a graduate of UCLA having earned
B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, all from UCLA. Dr. Lew is a registered Professional Civil
and Geotechnical Engineer in California, and is a registered Professional Engineer 10
other states.
Dr. Lew has worked extensively in geotechnical and earthquake engineering. Dr. Lew
participated in the development of the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design
Councils An Alternative Procedure for Seismic Analysis and Design of Tall Buildings
Located in the Los Angeles Region. Dr. Lew has performed ground motion evaluations
for new and existing buildings using Performance Based Earthquake Engineering
principles for analysis and design; he has also been a peer reviewer for numerous PBEE
projects in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Seattle.
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Ground Motions and SSI for

Jonathan P. Stewart, UCLA

and Marshall Lew, AMEC
Outline
A. Ground motions
1. Conceptual issues
2. Current implementation
3. Changes in NEHRP Recommendations, Chapter 16
B. Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI)
1. Modeling of flexible-base condition
2. Kinematic effects on ground motion
3. Application in pushover analysis and response
history analysis (RHA)
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A.1. Ground Motions: Conceptual
Issues
Role of ground motions in Performance Based
Seismic Design (PBD)
Explanation of processes/terms used with
ground motions developed for current PBD
applications
Concept of scenario spectra (being added to
2015 NEHRP Recommendations, Chapter 16)
A.1.1: Ground Motions in PBD

PBD: juxtaposition of capacity and demand
Ground motions represent the demand
Ground motions can be represented by Pseudo
Spectral Acceleration (PSA) or time series
PSA used for pushover analysis (ASCE 41)
PSA and time series required for RHA
Objectives of PBD includes collapse prevention
and serviceability.
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A.1. Ground Motions: Conceptual
Issues
PBD procedures (PEER TBI and LATBSDC)
require evaluation for two conditions:
Serviceability during ground motions due to
frequent earthquakes
Low Probability of Collapse due to extremely rare
earthquake ground motions (MCER)
Some jurisdictions may require evaluation for
the Design Ea th uake defined in ACE 7
A.1.2: Processes/Terms
Earthquake Rupture
Forecast (ERF) models
Field et al., 2014
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Earthquake Rupture
Ground motion
prediction equations
(GMPEs)
Boore et al., 2014
Earthquake Rupture
Ground motion
(GMPEs)
Probabilistic Seismic
Hazard Analysis
(PSHA)
IM = ground motion intensity measure (e.g., PSA)

lIM = rate in time that target value of IM is exceeded
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Earthquake Rupture
Ground motion
(GMPEs)
PSHA
IM = ground motion intensity measure (e.g. PSA)

Earthquake Rupture
Ground motion
(GMPEs)
PSHA
IM = ground motion intensity measure (e.g. PSA)

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Earthquake Rupture
Ground motion
(GMPEs)
PSHA
Uniform hazard
spectra (UHS) PSA (g)
Earthquake Rupture
Ground motion
(GMPEs)
PSHA
Uniform hazard
PSA (0.2 sec) 1.0 g
PSA (g)
spectra (UHS)
PSA (1.0 sec) 0.4 g
Deterministic cap
Leyendecker et al., 2000
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Risk-targeted ground
motion, based on
consequence analysis
Consequence analysis using fragility curve

l C G C IM d l IM
1.0
P[C | IM] Fragility curve
for negative lC proportional to
consequence sum of thick red
lines
0.0
IM
lIM
DlIM
IM
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Risk-targeted ground Select trial building strength
motion, based on
Sets fragility curves
Evaluate lC
Adjust strength and repeat
until lC = target value
Strength is proportional to
PSA, develop MCER
spectrum
Luco et al., 2008
Risk-targeted ground
motion, based on
Maximum-component
ground motion
Huang et al., 2008

Stewart et al., 2011
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A.1.3 : Processes/Terms
Scenario Spectra:
Conditional mean spectrum (CMS)
Conditional spectra (CS)
Motivation:
1. Spectra are more physically meaningful
2. Easier to find compatible time series
Haselton et al., 2014
Outline
A. Ground motion
B. Soil Structure Interaction (SSI)
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A.2. Current Implementation
By cu ent, we ean ACE 7-10 standard.
Chapters 11, 16, 21 (cited by 2012 IBC)
MCER ground motions set at 1% P(collapse) in
50 years. Corresponding ground motion levels
generally near 2% PE in 50 years (MCE)
Conservative bias applied through maximum
component factors
Higher collapse probabilities accepted in zones
with deterministic cap

Process (Collapse Prevention)
Develop PSA over period range of interest
Standard code spectrum (Chap 11)
Site specific analysis (Chap 21)
When site-specific analysis performed:
Apply RTE and maximum component factors
Check for deterministic cap
Design spectrum
Acceleration history selection and scaling
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Standard (prescriptive)
code spectrum
Ss & S1:
Apply for 760 m/s
code spectrum
Fa & Fv:
Adjust PSAs for
site class effects
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Fa and Fv depend on VS30
Standard (prescriptive) Measure from:
code spectrum Ground surface?
Foundation depth?
Intermediate depth?

Fa and Fv depend on VS30
Standard (prescriptive) Measure from:
code spectrum Ground surface
Foundation depth?
Intermediate depth?
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code spectrum Ss Fa = SDS S1 Fv = SD1
Can be problematic at
SDS
long periods may SDS
T
not descend at 1/T
SD1 SD1 TL
T2

Site specific
PSHA hazard curves and UHS developed for specific
site. Can span from 0 to 10 sec oscillator period.
Use 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years (MCE)
May include geotechnical ground response analysis, or
use of site term in GMPE
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Benefits of site-specific analysis
Applies for specific site location (no interpolation)
More robust implementation of site factors possible
Spectrum valid at long periods important for tall
buildings

For Site-
Specific
Analyses:
Apply RTE
factors;
not needed
with Code
approach
BSSC, 2010
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Apply RTE factors
Apply max component

factors (for site-
specific analyses)
Shahi and Baker, 2014

Evaluate Mmax and R for
Apply RTE factors regional faults
Use GMPE to obtain 84th
Apply max component percentile PSA (mlnIM+slnIM)
factors Find largest such PSA, if <
adjusted MCE, apply
deterministic cap
Check for deterministic No RTE factors applied, but
cap Max Direction is required
Resulting ordinates cannot be
less than prescriptive PSA
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Apply RTE factors
Design PSA is 2/3 of MCER
When site specific analysis
Apply max component performed, resulting design
factors PSA cannot be < 0.8
prescriptive PSA.
When 0.8 rule applies, adjust
Check for deterministic MCER so that it is
cap 1.5prescriptive PSA
Design spectrum

Time series for RHA
Required by TBI and LATBSDC for collapse analysis
Little guidance in ASCE 7-10
Requirements for 3-D analysis:
1. SRSS of each selected motion > MCER; for the
period range of T= (0.2 to 1.5)T1.
2. Special requirements for near-fault sites
3. No commentary in ASCE 7-10 on use of direct
scaling vs spectral matching
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Time series for RHA
Problems encountered
Confusion over use of SRSS with max-
component ground motions. Alternatives:
Match both horizontal components to MCER?
Match one components to MCER and one to
geomean spectrum?
Even if both components matched to geomean
spectrum, their SRSS will usually exceed MCER.

Time series for RHA
Problems encountered 1. Match both horizontal
components to MCER
spectrum
2. Match one component to
MCER spectrum, other
component to the
Geomean spectrum
3. Match both horizontal
components to the
Geomean spectrum
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Time series for RHA
Recommendations
2014 LATBSDC commentary recommends:
1. If geomean spectra are used, the target SRSS
spectrum should be taken as 130% of the risk-targeted
MCE geomean spectrum
2. If MD [maximum direction] spectra are used, the
target SRSS spectrum should be taken as 100% of the
risk-targeted MCE geomean spectrum
These recommendations were developed by LATBSDC in collaboration
with Mr. Ron Hamburger.

Process (Serviceability)
Develop PSA over period range of interest
Site-specific analysis to determine UHS for ground
motions having a 50% probability of being
exceeded in 30 years (return period of ~43 years)
Do not apply RTE and maximum component
factors
Matched time histories required only if Response
History Analyses are performed
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Outline
A. Ground motion
A.3. Changes in 2015 NEHRP

Perform assessment at MCER (not 2/3MCER) level
MCER or scenario spectra allowed as targets
Drop SRSS-based scaling criteria. Instead:
Compute max component spectrum for a given
motion.
Each ground motion is scaled (identical scale
factor for all components) such that the average
of the maximum-direction spectra from all
ground motions matches target.
Match range is TMIN to 2.0T, where TMIN captures
90% mass participation
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A.3. Changes in 2015 NEHRP
Minimum of 11 ground motion pairs
Spectral matching: average PSA for all motions in
given horizontal direction must exceed target (more
stringent than direct scaling)
Motions applied to building model with random
orientations
Summary: Ground Motions

Site specific analysis strongly recommended for tall
buildings
Compared to ASCE 7-05, motions increased in ASCE
7-10, due largely to max component specification of
ground motion.
Use of 3D RHA analysis procedures in 2015 NEHRP
mitigate the problems associated with maximum
component motions.
Similar procedures appearing in other documents,
including ASCE 41-13 and 2014 LATBSDC Alternative
Procedure.
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Summary: Ground Motions
Modest penalty for use of spectrum compatible
motions instead of directly-scaled motions.
A conventional code design would produce higher
lateral forces primarily because:
Inability to account for site-specific site response and
PSHA effects
Lack of mitigation of the max component factor
Should provide motivation for implementation of
structure- and site-specific PBEE.
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Outline
A. Ground motion
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Some key points
Required inputs can be obtained from standard
(high-quality) geotechnical/geophysical
investigation.
Flexibility and damping at foundation/soil
interface unlikely to affect first mode of tall
buildings. However, demand profiles are
affected.
Ground motion reductions possible from
kinematic effects, but most pronounced for T <
1.0 sec.
Foundation Modelling
Required soil properties
Model elements (from NIST, 2012)
Use of distributed springs
Limiting spring forces
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Required Soil Properties
Geotechnical and Vs
profiles.
Geotechnical and Vs
profile.
Soil shear strength
(undrained below
ground water table)
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Geotechnical and Vs
profile.
Soil shear strength
(undrained below gwt)
oil Poissons atio,
(can be evaluated from
Vp/Vs above gwt)
Geotechnical and Vs
profile.
Soil shear strength
(undrained below gwt) Seed & Idriss, 1970
oil Poissons atio,
Vucetic & Dobry,
(can be evaluated from 1991
Vp/Vs above gwt)
Soil hysteretic
damping, D
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Model Elements
Static stiffness, surface foundation:

Translation: Kj = GBfn(, B/L)
Rotation: Kjj = GB3fn(, B/L)
Model Elements

Embedment modifiers, hj or hjj: fn(D/B, B/L)
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Model Elements

Dynamic modifiers, aj or ajj: fn(B/L, a0=wB/Vs)
Model Elements

Dynamic modifiers, aj or ajj: fn(B/L, a0=wB/Vs)
Radiation damping, bj: fn(B/L, aj, a0, Kj/GB);
bjj: fn(B/L, ajj, a0, Kjj/GB3)
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Distributed springs (z-direction)
Stiffness intensity:
kz
k zi
4 BL
Any given spring:
k z k zi dA Figure: Vertical spring distribution used to reproduce rotational stiffness kyy. A

comparable geometry can be shown in the y-z plane (foundation dimension 2B)
to reproduce kxx.
Concentrated end spring
Take Re =0.3-0.5
Rk from Eqns 2.21 (NIST, 2012)
Distributed springs (x- or y-directions)
Single spring for surface foundation
Embedded foundation:
Component of stiffness associated
with base slab applied at slab (e.g.,
kx/hx)
Remaining stiffness distributed

over wall height [e.g., kx(1-1/hx)].
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Limiting Spring Forces
z-direction: based on bearing capacity (not pressure

for limiting settlement)
Horizontal directions: base friction or passive
pressure
These analyses should utilize shear strength (not
limiting displacements).
Outline
A. Ground motion
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Kinematic Interaction
Base slab averaging

Foundation
embedment
Expressed as transfer
functions 2L
FIML
H u w H w
u FIM
ug ug
Physical Basis for Base Slab Averaging
Variability expressed in terms of:

Kato et al., 1998 Phase change
Amplitude change
Ancheta et al., 2011
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Plan view
Spatial variability is strongly frequency-dependent
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Plan view
Low f e ue cy co po e ts
uFIM (w) ug (w)

2003 Off-Miyagi Eqk
FF, s-wave window
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High f e ue cy co po e ts
uFIM (w) < ug (w)

2003 Off-Miyagi Eqk
FF, p-wave window
Physical Basis for Embedment Effect
Low frequency
Long wavelength
l = Vs/f
uFIM ug
FIM 0
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Physical Basis for Embedment Effect
High frequency
Short wavelength
l = Vs/f
uFIM < ug
FIM > 0
Models for Base Slab Averaging
Numerous models for wave passage only (e.g.,

Mylonakis et al., 2006)
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Numerous models for wave passage only

FE analysis with incoherent input (SASSI)
Numerous models for wave passage only

FE analysis with incoherent input
Semi-empirical model 0.00065 V , 200 V
a s s 500m / s
Closed form
equations. Sec 3.1
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Models for Embedment
Models for rigid

embedded cylinders
Coherent, vertically
propagating s-waves
Implementation in Design Standards
Implemented as ratios of S a FIM ( f )

H u ( f ), f fL
Sa ( f )
response spectra (RRS)
S a FIM ( f )
H u ( f L ), f fL
Sa ( f )
fL affected by frequency
content of ground motion
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Implementation in Design Standards
Implemented as ratios of response spectra

(RRS)
First appeared in ASCE 41: Seismic

rehabilitation of existing buildings, 2006
Updated in NIST-917-21: Soil-structure

interaction for building structures, 2012
NEHRP (2015) will permit SSI effects,

drawing upon NIST (2012) procedures
Example of foundation / free-field ground motion variations:
Rancho Cucamonga Law & Justice Center

1987 Whittier Earthquake
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Example of foundation / free-field ground motion variations:
Rancho Cucamonga Law & Justice Center

1987 Whittier Narrows Earthquake
Rancho Cucamonga site response spectra:
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Outline
A. Ground motion
Application in Pushover Analysis

Modifies pushover curve
Affects seismic demand (reduced short-T PSA)
Affects damping
May illustrate failure modes not apparent from fixed-base analysis
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Application in RHA
e o e d athtu odel:
Includes foundation springs
Base motion can be reduced
for kinematic
No spatial variability of input
motions
Deep embedment?
Consider depth-variable
input motions
These also control kinematic
wall pressures.
Summary
Critical soil properties are stratigraphy, VS
p ofile, Poissons atio, and shea st ength
Springs/dashpots exert strong influence on
first-mode response if h/(VST) > 0.1; seldom
true for tall buildings.
Foundation springs essential for evaluation
of subterranean demands on walls
Foundation modeling affects shear and
acceleration profiles in superstructure.
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Summary
Consideration of inertial effects (springs,
dashpots) can be critical for dual systems
(walls-frames).
Kinematic effects most pronounced for
large footprint areas, embedded
foundations.
Kinematic effects are most pronounced at
T < 1 sec. For tall buildings, beneficial
effects most likely for higher modes.
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Nonlinear Structural Analysis

Gregory Deierlein
Stanford University
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GregoryG.Deierlein
Deierlein is the John A. Blume Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering at Stanford University where he directs the Blume Earthquake Engineering Center. He
holds a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin, a master of science from the University of
California at Berkeley, and a bachelor of science from Cornell University. From 2000 to 2007, he
served as the deputy director for research of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER)
Center. Deierlein specializes in the design and behavior of innovative steel, concrete and composite
structures, nonlinear structural analysis, computational fracture and damage mechanics, and
performance-based earthquake engineering. He is a registered professional engineer and maintains
professional activities as a structural engineering consultant, design peer reviewer, and participant in
national technical and building code standards committees.
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Nonlinear Structural Analysis

Gregory Deierlein
Stanford University
Outline
1. Introduction and Background
2. Demand Parameters and Model Attributes
3. Modeling of Structural Components
4. Damping in NL Dynamic Analysis
5. Software and Data Processing
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INTRODUCTION --- Guidelines and Standards
Recent Developments & Resources
ATC 40 (1996), Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Concrete Buildings
ASCE 41 Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings (2013, 2007)
FEMA 273 (ATC 33, 1997) NEHRP Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation
FEMA 356 (2000) Prestandard and Commentary for the Seismic Rehabilitation
FEMA 440 (2006) Improvement of Nonlinear Static Seismic Analysis
Procedures
Guidelines for Tall Buildings (2008-2012) - PEER TBI, LATBSDC, CTBUH
ATC 72-1 Modeling and Acceptance Criteria for Seismic Design and Analysis of
Tall buildings (2009)
FEMA P-58 Performance Based Seismic Design (2012)
FEMA P-695 Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors (2010)
NIST Tech Brief #4 Nonlinear Structural Analysis for Seismic Design (2010)
NIST GCR 14-917-27 Nonlinear Analysis Research and Development
Program for Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (2014)
NEHRP 2015 Recommended Provisions ASCE 7 Chapter 16 (2014)

Assessment by Static Pushover Analysis
(FEMA 273/356 and ASCE 41)
Base
Shear Joes
Demand Beer! Beer!
Food! Food!
Very rare events

(2%/50yrs)
Rare events
(10%/50yrs)
Occasional events Operational
(20%/50yrs)
Structurally
Frequent events Life Safe Stable
(50%/50yrs)
Lateral Deformation
Ref: R.O. Hamburger
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Background and Motivation
Generalized Component Response Curves
Deformation Controlled Force Controlled
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ASCE 41-13 Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings
General performance assessment framework (IO, LS, CP)
Structural component modeling parameters and
acceptance criteria
Nonlinear static (pushover) analysis procedure
FEMA 440 (2005) Improved Static NL Analysis Procedures

Evaluation of ATC-40 and FEMA 356 procedures
Quantifying effects of degradation (in-cycle degradation)
and new stability limit
I p o ed Coeffi ie t Method C1, C2 and C3) for
calculating target displacement
I p o ed Capa it -pe t u e ui ale t li ea izatio
method for calculating target displacement
Soil-structure interaction effects
MDOF effects
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PEER Tall Building Initiative:
2010 guidelines
supporting studies & documents
http://peer.berkeley.edu/tbi/
LA Tall Buildings Structural Design Council:

2011 guidelines
annual conference
special provisions for RC structures
Guideline Documents
Design Process and Documentation
Seismic Input and Modeling Criteria
Preliminary Design
Service Level Evaluation
MCE Level Evaluation
Documentation and Peer Review
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ASCE 7-10 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings

Chapter 16 Seismic Response History Procedures
Provisions for linear (elastic) and nonlinear (inelastic)
Key Points
- analyses and checks for DBE levels
- selection and scaling of records
- general provisions for relating calculated quantities to
design acceptance criteria
NEHRP 2015 Recommended Seismic Provisions

Modifications and commentary to Chapter 16 of ASCE 7
Explicitly addresses nonlinear dynamic analysis
Specification for MCE level (versus DBE = 2/3 MCE) checks
Risk basis for demand and acceptance criteria:
- Deformation-controlled components
- Force-controlled components
Guidance on selection and scaling ground motions, using
either UHS or CMS
PEER/ATC 72-1: Modeling and Acceptance

Criteria for Seismic Design and Analysis
General Nonlinear Modeling
- overview of issues
- deterioration, P-delta, damping
- uncertainties in models and limit states
Moment Frame Components
- steel beams, columns, panel zones
- concrete beam, columns, joints
Shear Walls and Slab-Column Frames
- planar and flanged walls
- coupling beams
- slab-column components and connections
Podium Diaphragms and Collectors
- podium and backstay effects
242 pages - collectors and diaphragm segments
- modeling considerations and
recommendations
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NIST Seismic Design Tech Brief 4: Nonlinear

Structural Analysis for Seismic Design
General guidance on using nonlinear analysis for
design
Focus on high-level goals and objectives
Overview of key concepts and assumptions
Summary of modeling capabilities and resources
Guidance on NL static & dynamic analysis
NIST Research & Development Roadmap for NL

Analysis in Seismic Engineering
Benchmarking and validation
Assess and improve modeling capabilities
Taking stock of computational technologies
Development of guidelines and standards
- Extend ASCE 41 technology to dynamic analysis
- Detailed guidelines for modeling specific systems
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INTRODUCTION --- ANALYSIS FOR DESIGN
CAPACITY DESIGN PRINCIPLES

Clearly Defined Yielding Mechanisms
- Deformation-controlled components
- Force-controlled components
Advantages
Protection from sudden failure in elements that
cannot be proportioned or detailed to provide
ductile response
Limit the locations where expensive ductile
detailing is required
Reliable energy dissipation by enforcing
Desirable nonlinear mechanism
deformation modes where inelastic deformations in coupled RC wall (ATC 72-1)
are distributed to ductile components
Greater certainty in how the building will perform
under strong earthquakes and greater confidence
in how the performance can be calculated
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INTRODUCTION --- ANALYSIS FOR DESIGN
MODELING REQUIREMENTS:
Deformation-Controlled Components
Modeled Inelastically
Deformation (or strain) demand parameters
A epta e ite ia fo ode desig
- onset of damage/inelasticity
- onset of significant strength degradation
Force-Controlled Components
Modeled Elastically
Force (or stress) demand parameters
Acceptance criteria Desirable nonlinear mechanism
- Must remain essentially elastic in coupled RC wall (ATC 72-1)
- Force demands less than expected strength
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INTRODUCTION --- DEMAND PARAMETERS

Demand & Acceptance Criteria: Demand < Capacity
Overall Measures
Total Drift - Peak (and Residual)
Story Drift Peak (and Residual)
Peak Floor Accelerations
Deformation-Controlled Components
Deformation Measures:
Hinge Rotation (beams, columns, wall flexure) - Peak (maximum)
Deformation (axial, shear, sliding) - Residual ?
Ductility (D/Dy or e/ey) - Cumulative ?
Strain (gage lengths?)
Generalized Strain (curvature, axial) Total vs. Inelastic (plastic)
Velocity (e.g., for dampers)
Force-Controlled Components
Force and/or Moment
Stress (gage length or averaging area?)
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INTRODUCTION --- MEDIAN MODEL PARAMETERS
MEDIAN MODEL PARAMETERS: Material and other model

parameters should be specified to reflect the median* (or
expected) properties:
Expected Material Properties
steel: Fy,exp = RyFy (see AISC Seismic Provisions, LATBSDC Guidelines)
concrete: fc,exp = 1.3 fc (LATBSDC Tall Building Guidelines)
Median (or Expected) Model Parameters

effe ti e elasti stiff ess of o ete, aso , soil a plitude depe de t
inelastic response
- yield and peak strengths
- strain hardening
- onset of degradation and softening
- unloading stiffness and pinching
- inelastic deformation
da pi g u - odeled e e g dissipatio
* Owing to limited data and as a practical measure, the median

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INTRODUCTION --- Illustrative Example

64 Story RC Wall System Dynamic Analysis
Story Drift Ratio

Courtesy: Magnusson Klemencic Assoc.
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Wall Shear Wall Segment Shear


Longitudinal Bar Coupling Beam Rotation

Tensile Strains
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INTRODUCTION --- UNCERTAINTIES IN SEISMIC ANALYSIS
Uncertainties in Seismic Assessment: Large variability in demand

predictions, with total dispersion (coefficient of variation) on the order of 0.5 to 0.8.
Ground Motion Hazard Intensity (bGM: 0.4 to 0.6)

%i ea mean annual frequency of exceedence
3.5
3
Ground Motion Characteristics (bRTR: 0.4 to 0.6)
Sag.m.(T=1.0s)[g]
frequency content and duration

2.5
so- alled e o d-to- e o d u e tai t

1.5
0.5
0
0 0.05 0.1 0.15
Maximum Interstory Drift Ratio
Structure Properties, Behavior and Models (bmod: 0.2 to 0.6)

variability in structural properties (materials, dimensions, etc.)
variability in nonlinear behavior of structural components and
systems
accuracy of mathematical models used in analysis
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DRIFT DEMAND AND CAPACITY:

Assuming dispersion in MCE drift demand b =0.5 to 0.8, then
the limit on mean story drift demand Dm < 0.03 implies less
than 10% chance of exceeding D* = 0.05 to 0.06
Drift Demand
Also, when mean drift demand is estimated

from 7 records, dispersion (COV) in the
estimated demand is: s 0.5
= 0.2
n 7
10%
Dm D*
Lognormal Probability Density of Demand
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DRIFT DEMAND AND CAPACITY:

Assuming dispersion in drift demand b of 0.5 to 0.8 and dispersion in
drift capacity of 0.5; then, limit on mean story drift demand Dm < 0.03
implies less than 10% chance of D > Cm = 0.07 to 0.08
Drift Demand (< 0.03)
Drift Capacity (~0.07 to 0.08)
Dm 10%
C m
Lognormal Probability Density of Demand and Capacity
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FORCE CONTROLLED ELEMENTS:

Assuming dispersion in MCE force demand b of 0.5 to 0.8 and dispersion in
strength of 0.3; then the Tall Building Criteria implies:
1.5 Dm < Cm (expected strength) --- 15% to 20% prob. of failure
2.0 Dm < Cm (expected strength) --- 10% to 15% prob. of failure
Force Demand, Dm
Strength, Cm > a Dm
Consequence of force-controlled failure?
Dm 10%
C m
Lognormal Probability Density of Demand and Capacity
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Outline
Demand Parameters and Model Attributes: Model Types
Phenomenological Fundamental
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Plastic Nonlinear Finite Length Fiber Finite

Hinge Spring Hinge Hinge Zone Section Element
Concentrated Plasticity Distributed Plasticity

Column Shear
Accuracy Feasibility - Practicality
Drift
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Demand Parameters and Model Attributes: Plastic Hinge Models
Virtues:
- Computationally efficient
- Easier to relate to overall
component response
Challenges & Limitations:

- Cali atio a d alidatio of ule-
ased odels o l as do hat ou
ask them to)
Phenomenological Hinge Models
- P-M-M Interaction w/degradation - various modes of degradation
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Demand Parameters and Model Attributes: Fiber & Continuum Models
Continuum FEM
(shell or brick elements)
Fiber-Type Models
Spread of Plasticity & Fiber Hinge
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Demand Parameters and Model Attributes: Wall Models
Phenomenological Fundamental
Illustrative Wall Models

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Demand Parameters and Model Attributes: Response Envelopes

Monotonic versus Cyclic Envelope
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Test Data: Gatto & Uang, ASCE JSE, Oct. 2003
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Demand Parameters and Model Attributes: Loading History Effects
Hysteretic Component Response From Earthquake Time Histories
(a) 1985 Chile record (b) 1995 Kobe record
Shin, PEER, 2005
Demand Parameters and Model Attributes: Types of Degradation

Strength loss during one cycle
Types of strength degradation

Displacement
In-cycle strength degradation
Strength loss in subsequent

cycles (not during one cycle)
Time, sec
Cyclic strength degradation

Michael Scott, PEER, 2003; FEMA 440
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Demand Parameters and Model Attributes: Cyclic Degradation
Modes of Degradation in Hysteretic Response (NIST Tech Brief #4)

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Demand Parameters and Model Attributes: Backbone Curves

Backbone Curves for Alternative Model Types (after PEER TBI & ATC 72-1)
Option 1 (best):
Cyclic and in-cycle degradation explicitly modeled
during analysis; backbone curve hardens/softens as a
function of damage (e.g., Ibarra-Krawinkler)
Options 2-3:
Post-peak capping and cyclic degradation modeled
with fixed backbone curve that remains fixed during
analysis; backbone curve is defined based on
measured (data) or assumed cyclic softening (e.g.,
ASCE 41)
Option 4 (most limited):

Model captures cyclic degradation, but post-peak
softening is not modeled; an ultimate limit state is
imposed to avoid unconservative analyses in post-
peak realm.
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Backbone Curves for Alternative Model Types (after PEER TBI & ATC 72-1)
Option 1 (best):
Cyclic and in-cycle degradation explicitly modeled
during analysis; backbone curve hardens/softens as a
function of damage (e.g., Ibarra-Krawinkler)
Options 2-3:
Post-peak capping and cyclic degradation modeled
with fixed backbone curve that remains fixed during
analysis; backbone curve is defined based on
measured (data) or assumed cyclic softening (e.g.,
ASCE 41)
Option 4 (most limited):

Model captures cyclic degradation, but post-peak
softening is not modeled; an ultimate limit state is
imposed to avoid unconservative analyses in post-
peak realm.
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Generalized Component Response

Response curves in ASCE 41 are essentially
the sa e as Optio -
cyclic envelope fit to cyclic test data
ASCE 41 (FEMA 273) originally envisioned for
static pushover analysis without any cyclic
deformation in the analysis
Option 2-3/ASCE 41: reasonable for most

a al sis p og a s that t a k post peak i -
le deg adatio ut do ot si ulate
cyclic degradation of the backbone curve
Post-Peak Response: dashed line connecting

points C-E in ASCE 41 response curve is
more reasonable representation of post-
peak (softening) response
ASCE 41 (and related models)

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Demand Parameters and Model Attributes: P-D Effects
Geometric Nonlinear (P-D) Effects
Negative stiffness effect of P-D:
V
h
W = SPg
D
Kg = -W/h
Increases internal forces associated with overturning:
V W
Mot=Vh + PD
Key Points
W should efle t the seis i ass that is ei g sta ilized the late al s ste
(not just the tributary gravity load)
Li ea P-D fo ulatio s a u ate fo d ift atios up to a out -10%; for larger
d ifts, la ge otatio e.g., o- otatio al fo ulatio s should e used.
P-D effects are can have large effect on post-peak degradation, even if they
appear negligible for the elastic structure.
Demand Parameters and Model Attributes: P-D Effects

Geometric Nonlinear (P-D) Effects
Negative stiffness effect of P-D:
V
h
W = SPg
D
Kg = -W/h
Increases internal forces associated with overturning:
V W
Mot=Vh + PD
Key Points
Gravity Load Combination for NL Analysis (ASCE 7-10, Tall Building Guidelines):
1.0D + Lexp, where Lexp is 25% of the specified (unreduced) live load
(note ASCE 41-06 applies a 1.1 multiplier to this load combination)
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Outline
Modeling of Structural Components: Moment Frames
RC Moment Frames
Primary Components
- beams, columns, beam-column joints
Preferred Model: concentrated plasticity (hinge) type
Resources
- ASCE 41, w/supplement 1 (2008)
- ATC 72-1 (2010)
- PEER RC Column Database (~400 tests)
http://nisee.berkeley.edu/spd/
- Tall Building Guidelines (LATBSDC, PEER TBI)
Status of Models
- considerable data on flexure-dominant beam-columns
with low to moderate axial load and beam-column joints
- more limited data on beams, columns with high shear
and/or axial load, splices
- uniaxial hinges well developed hysteretic models that
account for degradation
- P-M hinges basic models available but with limited
hysteretic degradation capabilities
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Example: Member Parameters for RC Beam-Columns
Key Parameters:
strength
initial stiffness
post-yield stiffness
plastic rotation (capping) capacity
post-capping slope
cyclic deterioration rate
Calibration Process:
250+ columns (PEER database)
flexure & flexure-shear dominant
calibrated to expected values
Demand Parameter Output: hinge rotation
1.5
KEY ASSUMPTION: bond slip is incorporated in the
beam-column model parameters
Moment (M/My)
0.5
-0.5
-1
-1.5
-8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8
Chord Rotation (radian x 10-2)
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Example: Hinge Parameters for RC Beam-Columns
Qcap
200
Experimental Results
Model Prediction
K-
150
100
50
Shear Force (kN)
-50 Test 19 (kN, mm, rad):
Ke = 3.1779e+007
Kinit = 7.4024e+007
as = 0.02
-100
ac = -0.04 (ND = 1)
y = 0.0091
cap,pl = 0.069 (LB = 1)
u,mono,pl = 0.116 (LB = 1)
-150
= 85, c = 1.20
isPDeltaRemoved = 1
-200
-100 -50 0 50 100 150
Column Top Horizontal Deflection (mm)
Semi-Empirical -- calibrated from Empirical - calibrated from tests:

tests, fiber analyses, and basic
mechanics: Capping (peak) point
Secant Stiffness (EIeff) Post-peak unloading (strain

softening) stiffness
Yield Strength (My)
Hysteretic stiffness/strength
Hardening Stiffness degradation
Dispersion ~0.1 to 0.3 Dispersion ~0.6 to 0.8
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120
Kstf Ky
P/Po 0.1 0.3 0.6
100
Fy 0.4Py (EI/EIg) 0.30 0.60 0.80
80
Force (kN)
60 Py (EI/EIg) 0.20 0.35 0.60

40
0.4Fy
20
s(ln) = 0.36
stf_40 y
0
0 0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008
Chord Rotation (rad)
0.01 0.012 0.014
Haselton, et al. (2007)
P/Po 0.1 0.3 0.5

Py (EI/EIg) 0.30 0.50 0.70
ASCE 41 2008 Supplement

s(ln) = 0.35 (Elwood et al., 2007)
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Example: Calibration of Capping Rotation of RC Beam-Columns
Median:
Key Design/Detailing Variables:

rsh amount of steel stirrups
n axial load ratio (P/Ag fc)
asl joint bond slip
sn tie spacing
Qcap
Dispersion:
Ref: Haselton et al. (2007); ATC 72-1 (2010) 42
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Example: Post Peak Degradation RC Beam-Columns
0.6 fc Ag
P
M
0.15 fc Ag
Key Parameter: P/Pbalance
Ref: Sezen and Moehle

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pc (0.76)(0.031)v (0.02 40rsh )1.02 0.10
Haselton, et al. (2008)
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ATC 72-1 (2010)

Haselton (2008)
ASCE 41-S (2008)
Column Spring
Beam Spring
Joint Panel Spring
RC Beam-Column Joints Component Springs Joint Kinematics
Recommended rigid end zone offsets for RC joints, based on relative column
and beam strengths (Elwood et al., 2007; ASCE 41-13).
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Modeling of Structural Components: Steel Moment Frames
Steel Moment Frames

Primary Components
- beams, columns, joint panel zone
Preferred Model: concentrated plasticity (hinge) type
Resources
- ASCE 41-13
- ATC 72-1 (2010)
- FEMA D, tate of A t epo t o Co e tio
Pe fo a e
- NIST Tech Brief #2 Steel Moment Frames
Status of Models
- considerable data on beams and beam-column joints
- more limited data on columns, particularly ones where
torsional-flexural buckling is possible
- uniaxial hinges well developed hysteretic models that
account for degradation
- P-M hinges basic models available but with limited
hysteretic degradation capabilities
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Modeling of Structural Components: Steel Moment Frames

Things to be mindful of:
Inelastic Response of Deep Columns (higher L/ry):
Stocky W14 Column Deep W27 Column

Ref: Uang, UCSD
Response of Pre-Northridge Frames:
Fracture to beam-column
connections and column splices
Weak columns and panel zones
tendency for story mechanisms
ATC 58 Fragility Models & ASCE 41
Ref: Lee et al., U.Mich. 48
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Modeling of Structural Components: RC Shear Walls
RC Shear Walls
Primary Components
- slender walls, squat walls, coupling beams
Preferred Model: fiber wall panels, or in limited cases,
lumped plasticity beam-column idealizations
Resources
- ASCE 41-13
- ATC 72-1 (2010)
- Po ell, G., Detailed E a ple of a Tall hea Wall
Buildi g usi g PEFOM D , CI, Be kele , CA.
Status of Models
- reasonable confidence for modeling coupling beams and
slender shear walls with low axial stress
- less well-developed models for squat shear walls or
slender walls that are sensitive to compressive or shear
failures
- determination of strains are sensitive fiber-element
discretization and assumed gage length
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Uniaxial concrete model calibrated for

Acceptance Criteria? confinement (e.g., Orakcal and Wallace
ASCE 41: 2004, Mander et al. 1988)
euc < 0.002
ec < 0.005
es,c< 0.02
es,t< 0.05
Gage length for strain?

(e = d/L)
Uniaxial steel model (e.g., Menegotto-
Pinto, from Wallace et al. 2014)
Lp - Plastic Hinge Length:
1/2 wall or pier length < story height
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Model Sensitivity in RC Shear Walls
calculated strains are sensitive to

fiber-element discretization and gage
length
Note recommended to discretize
hinge length by one element.
Rectangular wall specimen
influence of large inelastic cyclic
(tensile-compressive) loading on the
compressive response of wall
boundary members
Note - compressive strain at 2% drift
is on the order of 0.015.
T-shaped wall specimen
Tests and analyses by Wallace (ATC 72-1) 51
RC Shear Walls Curvature Demand versus Model Idealization
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Shear wall strength check: Vu < 1.5 Vn,exp (or 1.5f Vn,exp)
Vexp can be larger (up to 1.5x) value calculated per ACI-318

Vexp depends on flexural ductility demand
Wallace et al. (2013) 53
Phenomenological Models with Degradation
Wallace et al. (2014)
Inelastic Rotation & Shear Hinges Multi-axial Fiber Struts
Ongoing research to develop models to simulate coupled axial-flexural-shear

effects. In the meantime, careful consideration of shear and flexure limit
states (acceptance criteria)
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Modeling of Structural Components: Braced Frames
Steel Braced Frames (SCBF)
Primary Components: steel braces, steel frame
Preferred Model: fiber beam-column with geometric
imperfection to simulate buckling
Resources
- ASCE 41-13
- NIST Tech Brief #8 Seismic Design of Steel SCBF Systems
- Fell, et al. (2006), Buckling and Fracture of Concentric Braces
Under Inelastic Cyclic Loading, Steel Tips, Structural Steel
Education Council.
- U iz, P., Mahi , .A. 8 , To a d Ea th uake-Resistant
Design of Concentrically Braced Steel-F a e t u tu es, PEER
Report 2008/08.
Status of Models
- when calibrated with appropriate imperfections, fiber
beam-column can simulate overall brace buckling
under cyclic loads
- maximum drifts and/or brace deformations should be
L/10 L/20
limited unless local buckling and fracture is considered
in the model
- Ongoing research to use continuum finite element
L/2 L/2 with fundamental 3D stress-strain fracture criteria 55
FEM Simulation of Overall & Local Buckling

HSS4x4x1/4 Standard Loading History
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Experiment
200 Model
Force (k)
100 .
-100
.
-200
-2 -1 0 1 2
Axial Displacement (in)
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Fundamental (micro)modeling of fracture
critical e critical
R p
sm
ln
R0 monotonic
C
0
exp(1.5
se
).de p
Micro-mechanics based models
fracture
Node 1
Node 2
Local Fracture Criterion Large Scale Validation
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Buckling Restrained Braced (BRB) Frame
Primary Components: steel BB s, steel f a e
Preferred Model: uniaxial model to capture steel core
yielding and strain hardening
Resources
- ASCE 41-13
- ANSI/AISC 341-10 App. K Cyclic Qualification Testing Provisions
Status of Models
- BRB --- relatively easy to model, well developed
- Models to simulate connection failures (e.g., fracture and
degradation in gusset plates) are less well developed.
Require limits on hinge rotations (or through story drifts)
- NL analysis offers economy through more realistic
determination of column force demands
REF: ARUP and Star Seismic Inc. 58
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Modeling of Structural Components: Response Modification Devices
Response Modification Devices
[c]i
Primary Components
- Energy dissipaters (viscous or hysteretic dampers)
- Seismic isolators
Preferred Model: uniaxial models that employ the

appropriate hysteretic rule (or combination of rules)
Resources
- ASCE 7-10 (Chp. 17 and 18)
- ASCE 41(Chp. 9)
Status of Models
- Idealized hysteretic spring models are generally
available that can be calibrated to data available
from manufacturers of response modification
devices
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Outline
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Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis
Nonlinear Dynamic (Response History) Analysis

Additional Considerations:
Definition of Input Ground Motions
- Selection of Ground Motions
- Scaling, spectral matching, or simulation of Ground Motions
- Soil-Structure Interaction (?)
Hysteretic Models and Parameters
- monotonic vs. cyclic skeleton curve
- capabilities to simulate deterioration
Modeling of Inertial Mass
Specification of Viscous Damping unmodeled energy dissipation
Data Processing and Statistics
- ea s. ea + sig a de a ds
- a epta e ite ia: desig , o i al o e pe ted alues
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Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis: Damping

Viscous Damping with Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis
M x C x K x -M xg P
Raleigh (proportional) Damping:
a 1 b
C a M b K ; n n
2 n 2
Modal Damping:
c1
C T ( -1)
c2 ( -1)
...

Explicit Damping Elements
C ci [c]i
[c]i configured to represent likely

sources of viscous and other
incidental damping.
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Viscous Damping with NLTH Analysis
Elastic Response
Definition: reduction in dynamic building response =0
due to energy dissipation of structural and = 2%
= 5%
nonstructural components of the building, its = 30%
foundation, and the underlying soil/rock materials = 10%
Inelastic Response
1 T/Tp
Complicating Factors: The interpretation and representation of damping is
complicated by
relationship of mathematical representation of damping to the physical
sources of damping, e.g.,
(1) artificial distinctions between energy dissipation of structural components that is
modeled by nonlinear hysteretic response versus equivalent viscous damping,
(2) modification of input motions to account for reduction in response due to SSI effects
amplitude dependency (displacement, velocity, acceleration) of damping
effects and its effect on building performance for different overall
intensity of building response, and (b) different effects for alternative
vibration modes.
Physical Sources of Damping

SUPERSTRUCTURE STRUCTURAL:
Primary Structural Components whose nonlinear behavior may be explicitly modeled
in the analysis (e.g., walls, beams, columns, beam-column joints)
e o da t u tu al Co po e ts that o t i ute to espo se ut hose e e g
absorbing characteristics may not be modeled explicitly (e.g., energy dissipation
provided gravity framing, deformations to floor slab at slab-wall connections, etc).
SUPERSTRUCTURE NONTUCTUAL
Exterior Cladding a likely source of considerable damping, depending on the
material, method of attachment, expansion joints.
Interior Wall Partitions and Finishes (issues materials, method of attachment of
finishes to structural walls/braces/columns, method of attachment of partitions to
sla s, de sit of pa titio s i.e., open office versus partitioned residential)
Mech/Electrical - piping, electrical conduit, HVAC risers, elevator rails and cables,
stairs, etc.
- SUBSTRUCTURE FOUNDATION & SITE

Energy dissipation at soil-foundation interface (e.g, soil yielding and gapping)) and in
surrounding soil deforms due to building motion
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Recorded Strong Motion Data (US)
18
16
14
% Damping 12
10
8 Longitudinal
6 Transverse
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Number of Stories
REF: Chopra/Goel
Observations:
1. Measured damping in the range of 2% to 8% of critical
2. Effective damping seems to decrease with increasing buidling height
3. Difficult (impossible) to distinguish hysteretic and viscous damping
Measured Wind-Induced Damping
Fair number of tall building measurements that demonstrate amplitude dependence of

damping. However, measured response is limited to very low acceleration and
displacement amplitudes with correspondingly small damping values.
The plot above is a typical example, where damping during wind events is typically around
0.5% to 1% of critical.
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Recommendations for Damping
Assume that energy dissipation at large deformations is primarily

accounted for by hysteretic response
Raleigh or modal damping is usually expressed as a percentage of critical

da pi g fo fi st fe odes to efle t othe sou es of u - odeled
energy dissipation:
SAC Joint Venture (1995): 2%
FEMA P695 (2007): 5%
Tall Buildings PEER TBI (2010) and LATBSDC (2011): 2.5%
CTBUH: 1 to 2% for buildings taller than 50 meters
Suggested values:
1% to 3%, depending on building height, structural and architectural
materials, and shaking amplitude (service EQ versus MCE)
specify critical damping in first few modes (~0.2T to 1.5T)
be aware how analysis software implements damping (check sensitivity
of results to specified damping)
Outline
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Software Considerations
Analysis Software Attributes

Modeling and Preprocessing
Nonlinear Capabilities
Geometric Nonlinear
Material Nonlinear
Element Library
concentrated hinge --- fiber --- continuum
Solution Algorithms
Post-Processing
Statistics from multiple ground motions
Software Considerations
Commonly Used Software
CSI Perform3D
LS-DYNA (w/Oasys Suite Pre/Post Processing)
CSI SAP (& ETABS)
LARSA 4D Structure
ABAQUS
OpenSees (research oriented)
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Nonlinear Analysis Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance in Nonlinear Response History Analysis
Basic Checks of Analysis Model and Ground Motions
Elastic modes, masses, effective masses, etc.
Generate elastic (displacement) spectra of the input ground motions
Perform elastic response spectra and elastic dynamic analyses
Nonlinear Static Analysis
Check response against elastic analysis and/or inelastic strength limits
Equilibrium checks of selected components
Perform model sensitivity analyses
Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis
Check response against elastic analysis and/or inelastic strength limits
Plot hysteresis responses of selected components
Perform model sensitivity analyses
Above all:
1. Know the capabilities and limitations of the software
2. Use capacity design to control response
3. Exercise good judgment!
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Thank you
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Design of Transbay Tower
in San Francisco, California

Ron Klemencic, P.E., S.E.

John Hooper, P.E., S.E.
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
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JohnHooper

John Hooper is a Senior Principal and the Director of Earthquake Engineering at
Magnusson Klemencic Associates, a consulting structural and civil engineering firm in
Seattle, Washington. He received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Seattle
University and a Master of Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
John has over 30 years of engineering experience in the fields of renovation, seismic
engineering, earthquake engineering, and structural analysis. He is Chair of the
American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE 7s) Seismic Subcommittee and is a member
of the Main Committee, member of the NEHRP Advisory Committee on Earthquake
Hazards Reduction (ACEHR), and a member of the Building Seismic Safety Council
(BSSC) NEHRP Provisions Update Committee.
John has been involved in the majority of MKAs Performance-Based Seismic high-rise
designs over the past 15 years and has been part of the Project Technical Committee
responsible for developing the FEMA P-58 Seismic Performance Assessment of
Buildings Methodology.
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Design of Transbay Tower
in San Francisco, California

Ron Klemencic, P.E., S.E.

John Hooper, P.E., S.E.
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
High-Rise Structural System Options
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Floor Plan Layout
Tower and Core Wall Isometric
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One RinconSan Francisco
Project Overview
San Francisco, California
Mission Street between First and Fremont
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Project Overview
1,070 feet tall
901 feet to top occupied floor
Office occupancy, with
occupant load > 5,000
Occupancy (Risk) Category III
Permitted under 2010
San Francisco Building Code,
including AB-083
Adjacent to new Transbay
Transit Center
Project Overview
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Structural Systems
Gravity: Structural steel columns and floor framing
supporting composite deck
Lateral: Special reinforced concrete shear walls
North cell stops at Level 50

Lx,base = 83 ft
Walls 48 to 24 thick
Ly,base = 89 ft
h/Lx = 12.9
h/Ly = 12.0
Earthquake Ground Motion

Recommended ground motions developed by Arup
North America, Ltd.
Design response spectra for SLE & DBE
Acceleration histories for MCER
Motions developed for two conditions

at-grade (vs = 215 m/s)
at-foundation (vs = 259 m/s)
Design based on at-foundation motions
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Design Response Spectra
SLE Service Level Earthquake

50% probability of exceedance in 30 years
43 year mean recurrence interval
2.5% of critical damping
DBE Design Basis Earthquake

2/3 of MCER
~500 year mean recurrence interval
5% of critical damping
Design Response Spectra
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Acceleration Histories for MCE
Identify fundamental structural modes (~6.3s) and period
range of interest (1.2s to 9.5s)
Deaggregate MCER hazard to identify dominant sources
at various periods
Select two conditioning periods (7.5s & 0.75s) around
which conditional mean spectra have an envelope
75%MCE for extended period range of interest (0.6s to
10s)
Perform probabilistic and deterministic seismic hazard
analyses to establish target rock spectra for each
scenario
Conditional Mean Spectra
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Acceleration Histories for MCE
Select, scale, and match 11 bi-directional seed motions
(at rock) for each scenario
Long-period conditioned motions:
address T = 4s to 10s
8 of 11 motions include pulse effects with pulse periods, Tp =
5.1s to 9.4s
2 of 11 motions are relatively long duration
Short-period conditioned motions:
address T = 1s to 4s
2 of 11 motions include pulse effects with Tp = 1.5s to 2s (near
second mode)
Site Response Analysis

3-dimensional, nonlinear analysis (LS-DYNA)
Includes kinematic soil-structure interaction
modified
free field
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Kinematic Soil-Structure Interaction
Base slab averaging: Spatial incoherence

Embedment: Vertical incoherence
SSI: Base Slab Averaging
base slab averaging

Spatial incoherence
Reduces effective average
accelerations at high
frequency (low T )
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SSI: Embedment
embedment
Motions smaller at depth

Vertical incoherence
Code Floor for Site-Specific Motions

Scale motions to satisfy free-field limits
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Floor Including Kinematic SSI
Scale motions to satisfy adjusted limits
Orientation of Applied Ground Motions
Select orientation (0 or 90 degrees) of individual two-

component motions such that the averages of spectra for
components in each direction closely match the average
of all single components, to minimize directional bias.
Pulse-like motions in each direction (if used)
are equal in number
have at least one pulse period less than and one pulse period
greater than fundamental translational mode in that direction
Suites applied in each direction reasonably bound mean
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Minimize directional bias

Reasonably bound mean
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Elastic Dynamic Response
Nearly bi-symmetric response
First two modes dominate
Lateral Loads (Wind and Seismic)

System proportioned for SLE, Wind, DBE
DBE controls, but wind overturning is close
Performance assessed for MCE
Global demands for MCE are about twice DBE
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Occupancy / Risk Category III
Since the occupant load exceeds 5,000, assigned to

Occupancy Category III
Structural integrity requirements of IBC Section 1614
apply; for steel frame structures affects:
column splices
beam and girder end connections
Prescriptive design requirements include importance
factors greater than 1.0
Ie = 1.25, Iw = 1.15, Is = 1.10
Occupancy / Risk Category III
The objective for OC III (per SFBC Table 1604.5, IBC

commentary, and ASCE 7-10 commentary) is to reduce
the hazard to human life in the event of failure, which is
most closely related to collapse prevention given MCE
shaking
Prescriptive design addresses this implicitly

requires additional strength (Ie = 1.25)
reduces permitted drift (Da = 0.015hsx)
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Occupancy / Risk Category III PBD
Implicit performance modifications for DBE

Provide additional strength
Reduce permitted story drift
Explicit performance modifications for MCE
Reduce permitted story drift
Reduce permitted coupling beam rotation
Reduce permitted tensile/compressive strains in shear walls
Establish design shear strength of shear walls considering lower
probability of collapse
Yielding Hierarchy
Select primary lateral system fuses; design and detail

for ductile behavior; favor distributed yielding
Shear wall coupling beams
Shear wall flexural reinforcement
Design the rest of the lateral load path to remain
essentially elastic
Shear wall shear; diaphragms and collectors
Foundations; columns; basement walls
Design gravity floor framing thus:
Essentially elastic for SLE
Life Safety performance for MCE
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Results Story Drift
Results Core Shear & Moment
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Results Shear Wall Strain
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Foundation System
Mat supported by 42 rectangular deep foundation
elements (barrettes)
510-6 barrettes
185 to 230 long
5 ft mat
socketed into rock: (transition)
10 at perimeter;
25 to 55 at core
14 ft mat
installed from grade,
55 above future mat
MCE demand up to:
22,000 kips comp
6,500 kips tension
Foundation Demands
Consider bi-directional
demands from core
MCE average for
barrettes and mat
flexure
1.5MCE average for
mat shear
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Barrette Design and Detailing
current grade
Fully confined hinge

bottom of mat zone at fixed head
Compression, tension;
shear and flexure from
inertial interaction
Compression; flexure
top of rock from kinematic
interaction
Structure-Soil-Structure Interaction
Performed by Arup North America
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SSSI Model: Level of Detail
SSSI: Assess Super- and Sub-Structure
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SSSI: Diaphragm Interaction (Transverse)
SSSI: Diaphragm Interaction
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Tower Top Design
Central BMU support mast
Perimeter braced frames
Spokes and ring trusses
Tower Top Design

Treated as 155-ft-tall nonstructural component
Designed per ASCE 7-05 Chapters 13 & 15
Ordinary steel concentrically braced frame
ap = 2.5, Rp = 2.5, W0 = 2.0, Cd = 2.5
Acceleration from elastic DBE modal analysis
ai = 0.62g
Importance factor for Occupancy Category III
Ip = 1.25
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Tower Top Design Acceleration
z
Basic code equation (Eq. 13.3-1) 0.4a p S DS 1 2
h
DBE modal analysis (Eq. 13.3-4) ai a p Ax
2 a
3 MCE , avg
Code minimum (Eq. 13.3-3) 0.3S DS
Thank You!
Questions??
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Wilshire Grand Tower
Los Angeles

Leonard Martin Joseph, SE

Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
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LeonardM.Joseph
In the past 39 years Mr. Joseph has analyzed, designed and reviewed projects across the US and
around the world that reflect international and local construction practices and criteria including
seismic, wind and other environmental hazards Projects have included tall buildings such as the
Petronas Towers, sports facilities such as AT&T Park, hangars, hotels, historic buildings,
factories and parking decks. Structural systems have included steel, reinforced concrete, precast
and post-tensioned concrete, masonry, wood and light gage framing. With a BS from Cornell and
MS and MBA degrees from Stanford, Mr. Joseph has been active in technical development and
teaching, He also lectures and writes articles and books on structural design for both technical
and general audiences.
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Wilshire Grand Tower
Los Angeles

Leonard Martin Joseph, SE

Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Project Participants
Owner Hanjin /Korean Air
Architect A C Martin Partners
Structural Engineer of Record Brandow & Johnston
High Rise Consulting Engineer Thornton Tomasetti
Geotechnical Consultant AMEC
Project Manager Martin Project Management
General Contractor Turner Construction Co.
Peer Review Panel Jim Malley

Jack Moehle
Stephen Mahin
Paul Somerville
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Why This Design?
Program
Behavior
Strength
Constructability
Architectural Concept in Context
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Architectural Concept in Context
Design Reflects Programming

900 Hotel Rooms
400,00 sf Offices
Parking
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Design Reflects Programming
900 Hotel Rooms
400,00 sf Offices
Parking
Separated Tower and Podium
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Stacked Programming
Hotel Function Drives Plans
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Outriggers for Slender Core
Outriggers for Slender Core

Triples effective width from 38 ft
2.5 factor on transverse stiffness
1st mode period 11 sec to 7 sec
Core length 128 ft OK on its own
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Belt Trusses
At low and top outrigger levels
Engage all perimeter columns
Column shortening strains
Column overturning strains
Stiffness of non-OR columns
Expressed by glazing
Architectural feature
Initial Design Steps

Walls, columns sized for wind drift
stiff outriggers
Rebar minimum for wind strength
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Wind Loading and Comfort
Strength level wind
1700 year Mean Recurrence Interval
Importance factor from high occupancy
115 mph (code) 3s gust at 33
Compare to LRFD capacities
Comfort level wind

10 year MRI
63 mph 3s gust at 33 open terrain
Damping 1.5% of critical
Less than 15 milli-g peak acceleration
Meets residential (strict) comfort criteria
Seismic Hazard
Bullet point
Second level
Third level
Fourth level
Fifth level
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Project Parameters
Occupancy Category: III
>5000 persons (IBC 2006)
Vs30 = 1640 ft/sec

Site Class: C (between 1200 ft/sec & 2500 ft/sec)
Soft Rock
Seismic Parameters
Seismic Design Category: D
Sds = 1.41 g , Sd1 = 0.62 g
San Francisco downtown: Sds = 1.0 g , Sd1 = 0.52 g
PBD Parameters
Maximum Considered Earthquake
(MCE)
Smaller of
2% probability of being exceeded
in 50 years
Deterministic earthquake
At least deterministic lower limit
Serviceability Earthquake (SLE)

50% probability of being exceeded
in 30 years
43 year return period
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Initial Design Steps
Estimate NRHA demand
Try midway between elastic MCE and Code

RSA for MCE
MCE spectrum 2% damped (tall tower)
RSA for Code (ASCE7) spectrum
R = 6, IE = 1.25
Cs = 0.075 g lower bounds (Eq. 12.8-5 & 12.8-6)
SLE run but OK by inspection
Damping Effect on MCE
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MCE Fault Normal or Parallel
Comparing MCE, SLE, Code Demands
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BRBs at Outriggers
Cap forces in
Columns
Shear wall panel zone
Connections
Mat foundation
Allow long unbraced lengths
Efficient angles
Dramatic architecture
Hotel Lobby at Floor 70
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Low Outrigger
4 X 2200 kips each = 8800 kips / location

Middle Outriggers
800 kips each

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Top Outrigger
2200 kips each

Analysis Parameters
MCE
Nonlinear Response History Analysis (NRHA)
2% damped
11 Ground motion pairs: AK, CA, Iran, Taiwan, Turkey
6 FN & 5 FP oriented NS
5 FP & 6 FN oriented EW
SLE
RSA
2% damped
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NRHA Models
Element modeling
Walls fiber model flexure, elastic shear
Coupling beams as shear links, most stories similar
Outrigger diagonals bilinear
Filled columns bilinear or fiber
Run example time history, review displacements
Adjust model for behavior

Phantom openings, trapezoidal openings
Wall thickness variations
Phantom Openings
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Phantom Openings Improve Story Drift
Trapezoidal Openings
South
Elevation
North
Elevation TRAPEZOIDAL
OPENINGS FOR
TRANSITIONS
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Mat Bearing 50%X + 100%Y
58 ksf < 75 ksf
Mat Flexural Reinforcing

#11 Gr 75 @ 12
EA WAY x2
#18 Gr 75 @ 15
NS x7, EW x6
TYPE 2 COUPLERS
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Mat Shear Reinforcing
RED HATCHED AREA: SHEAR REINFORCEMENT,

HEADED BARS #9 @12 EA WAY (AS IF STUD RAILS)
Buried Starter Columns
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Tower/Basement Interaction
Stiffness from unit load studies
187
Dummy frames provide stiffness
NRHA Models
Models foundation condition ranges
Stand alone, rigid base
Within basement box, rigid base
Within basement box, spring base
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Bracketing Possible Interactions
Base Shear Comparisons
189
Periods for Base Shears
T1 = 6.5 sec
North
T2 = 3.5 sec
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Base Moment Comparisons
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Different Demands
Mean of MCE: Ductile beam rotations
BRB displacements
1.2 x mean of MCE (or mean + 1.3 x std dev):

Mat flexure
Mean of 1.5 MCE: Wall panel zone shear

Column interactions
1.5 x mean of MCE: Wall shear

Mat shear
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Displacement-Based Acceptance
Mean MCE demands from NRHA for
Story drifts
Overall drift
Wall axial strains
Beam plastic rotations
BRB axial strains
Mean MCE Story Drifts
1.2% << 3% LIMIT OK
0.6% OK
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Mean MCE Wall Strains
OUTRIGGER
OUTRIGGER
STEEL
YIELD
OUTRIGGER
STEEL
YIELD
<< 0.003 OK
BASEMENT
MCE Beam Plastic Rotations

BELT
MEAN MEAN 84TH %
BELT
LIFE COLLAPSE
SAFETY PREVENTION
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Mean MCE BRB Ductility Demands
LOW OUTRIGGERS MIDDLE OUTRIGGERS TOP OUTRIGGERS
Force-Based Acceptance
1.5 x mean MCE demands
Wall shear except at panel zone
Mean of 1.5 MCE demands (NRHA at 1.5 MCE)

Wall shear at panel zone
Column axial + moment
Sail and spire
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1.5 x MCE Wall Shear
1.5 MCE Column Interaction

BELT
BELT
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Steel Box Column Demands
CJP or PJP Column Splices
Studies by
Dr. Amit Kanvinde, UC Davis
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Belts and Braces
Schuff study model

Complex Joint Details
Schuff study model

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Belt Demands at 1.5 MCE
D/C
0.7
0.0
D/C
0.7
0.0
Belt Demands at 1.5 Tabas MCE

0.4 STIFF DIAPH
D/C
0.0
FLEX DIAPH
0.4 STIFF DIAPH
D/C
0.0 CHORDS W14 X 311 (342 CURVES SHOWN)
FLEX DIAPH
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BRB Connections
C T
T C
For Low BRB Connections
Tmax = 1.08 As Fy
Cmax = 1.14 As Fy
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Diaphragm Accelerations
Sail and Spire

NRHA spectra from top floor at 830
Trial 5% damped RSA
Whiplash effect
4.5 to 6 g spectra
about 4 g reactions
Ductility impractical, requires
excessive deformations
Similar D/C ratios for linear RSA
and 1.5 MCE NRHA
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Last Design Steps
Construction staging for BRB timing effects
Squish stories, jack BRBs
Long-term shortening effects
Squash stories between BRB levels
Evaluate effect on MCE behaviors
Differential Shortening
Outriggers enforce shortening
compatibility at core and columns
Spare strength for service level

demands
Simulated in ETABS by chilled

core
Simulated in Nonlinear Response

History Analysis by squashing
stories
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Conclusions
Base first NRHA runs on demands greater
than code but less than elastic MCE
spectrum
The structure tells you what it needs;

it may not be what you expect
PBD Guidelines are very useful but cannot

address all possible situations judgment
is still required
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Case Study 2:
Steel Plate Building Design

Nabih Youssef, S.E.

Nabih Youssef & Associates
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NabihYoussef
Mr. Youssef founded the firm, Nabih Youssef Structural Engineers, an internationally
recognized structural engineering firm with offices in Los Angeles, Irvine, and San
Francisco, in 1989. Some of Nabih Youssef Structural Engineers projects include: LA
Live Hotel and Residences, The Broad Museum, the Long Beach Courthouse, Our Lady
of the Angels Cathedral, LA City Hall Seismic Retrofit, LA Coliseum Seismic Retrofit,
The Getty Villa Museum, and The New Stanford Hospital with triple friction pendulum
base isolation. Nabih was the recipient of the 2013 SEAOC Fellowship, the 2010 AISC
Designer Special Achievement Award for LA Live, and the 2008 AIA Los Angeles
Chapter Presidential Award for Professional Achievement. Mr. Youssef chaired the
Seismic Safety Committee for the Governors California Building Standards
Commission, was selected to serve on the Peer Review Board for the State Seismic
Program, has written numerous technical papers, and taught classes at multiple
Universities. Nabihs dedication to his work and respect for others are leading aspects of
his character.
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Case Study 2:
Steel Plate Building Design

Nabih Youssef, S.E.

Nabih Youssef & Associates
LA Live Project
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Outline
I. Project Description
II. Integrated Site
III. Architecture and Structure
IV. Structural Concept
V. Research to Practice
VI. Performance Based Design
VII. Behavior and Performance
VIII. Collaboration
IX. Construction Highlights
X. Goals and Achievements
I. Project Description
55 Residential Stories
26 Story Low-rise portion (Hotel rooms)
29 Stories of condominiums above
1.2 Million Sq. Ft.
Tapered/Slender profile
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II. Integrated Site
-Phased Construction
Phase 3: Truck Tunnel
Phase 2: Car Tunnel

Phase 1: Fire Lane
III. Architecture & Structure

-Challenges and Opportunities
Variable Floor
Concrete vs Steel?
Upper Tower
Pool Deck
Lower Tower
Podium
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Narrow Aspect ratio (20:1)

Outriggers (10:1)
650
70 35


Outriggers (10:1)
Clear-Height over living spaces
Long Spanning Deck
Transitioning floor areas
Sloping Columns
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Outriggers (10:1)
Long Spanning Deck
Sloping Columns
Dispersed Elevator Core
Single Wall Panels (SPSW vs
Concrete Core)


Outriggers (10:1)
Long Spanning Deck
Sloping Columns
Dispersed Elevator Core
Concrete Core)
T-shape floor plate
Tuned Stiffness at wings
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Outriggers (10:1)
Long Spanning Deck
Transitioning floor areas Upper Tower
Sloping Columns
Dispersed Elevator Core Pool Deck
Concrete Core)
Lower Tower
T-shape floor plate
Tuned Stiffness at wings
Low/High Tower transition
Extensive Analysis!
Podium
IV. Structural Concept for Steel Plate Shear Walls
An integration of a First Order Fitthat

maximizes program efficiency and seismic
performance
Inspired by the light, smooth and elegant

form and challenged by critical program
needs against the height limit
The continuity of the vertical cores became the

natural spine with 3/8 thin plate walls in
lieu of 36 concrete shear walls
The yielding mechanism of the thin plates is

integrated with the BRBs at critical locations
providing optimum building response (wind and
earthquake).
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Steel Plates
Roof BRB Outrigger
Mid-height BRB Outrigger

-Steel Plate Shear Wall
Vertical
Boundary
Element (VBE)
1/4 to 3/8 Plate
Horizontal Boundary
Element (HBE)
STEEL PLATE SHEAR WALL

Boundary elements (HBE and VBE) are designed to allow the web plates to develop
significant diagonal tension and reach their expected yield stress across the entire panel to
dissipate the seismic energy
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-Wall Profiles

-Outrigger
Intended to control drift (improve system aspect ratio)

Sizes governed by wind (elastic response)
Strain-based Overstrength
Capacity protected elements
Nonlinear Modeling
External Parametric Studies
Rotational capacity of Members directly influenced by BRBs are

beams checked directly externally analyzed using capacity based
in nonlinear model design methods.
BRB BRB
Figure 7-Overview of midheight longitudinal outrigger truss strategy
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V. A Brief History from Research to Practice
-Steel Plate Shear Wall (SPSW): Background
Ships
Battleship 1952

Ships Stiffened
Plates
Stiffened Thick Steel Plate Wall:

-Plate Girder Analogy
Olive View Hospital
(1980s) -Out-of-plane buckling = limit state
Hyatt Dallas
(1970s)
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1980s
Ships Stiffened Research/
Plates Analysis
Research shows the beneficial

post-buckling strength of SPSW

1980s
Ships Stiffened Research/
Plates Analysis
1980s: Investigation into unstiffened thin steel wall behavior

Analysis models with strip elements representing the unstiffened plates.
Research results:
Excellent ductility
Resistance to degradation under cyclic loading
High initial stiffness
Inherent redundancy with moment-resisting beam/column connections
Distributed yielding (energy dissipation) over height of wall.
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1980s 1990s
Ships Stiffened Research/ Unstiffened
Plates Analysis Plates
1990s: Un-Stiffened Thin Steel

Plate Wall:
-Tension Field Behavior
-Out-of-plane buckling = energy release
-Tension Field led to light, thin steel plates

1980s 1990s
Ships Stiffened Research/ Unstiffened Current Code
Plates Analysis Plates Implementation
2006
2001 2007
CBC CBC
Design Concept 2004-2005 Brief Bibliography:
Cyclic Test of Four-Story Steel Plate Shear Walls
--by Robert G. Driver and Geoffrey L. Kulak (1998)
FE and Simplified Models of Steel Plate Shear Wall
--by Robert G. Driver and Geoffrey L. Kulak (1998)
Steel Plate Shear Walls-An Overview
--by Geoffrey L. Kulak and D.J. Laurie Kennedy (2001)
Steel Plate Shear Walls
--by A. Astaneh-Asl (2000)
Plastic Analysis and Design of Steel Plate
--by Jeffrey Berman and Michel Bruneau (2003)
LACCH Hotel and Residence Tests and Analyses of Large Scale Steel Plates
(USA) --by KC Tsai, et al. (2006)
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1980s 1990s
Ships Stiffened Research/ Unstiffened Current Code
Plates Analysis Plates Implementation
2006
2001 2007
CBC CBC
2006 341-05
Design
2005
DRAFT
Year
2005

-Steel Plate Shear Walls 2 Basic Types
Stiffened Shear Walls Un-Stiffened Shear Walls

Thick in-fill plates stiffened to No compression capacity of
preclude shear buckling thin infill plates.
Shear buckling prevented Shear-buckling of in-fill plates
Limited Tension-field Predominately Tension-field
Reduced energy dissipation Increased Energy Dissipation
and usable strength. R = 3 and usable strength. R = 7
AISC 360 Procedures for Plate AISC 341-05 (Chapter 17)
Girders (Chapter G) SPSW
Special Plate Shear Walls
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-Steel Plate Shear Walls 2 Basic Types
Stiffened Shear Walls Un-Stiffened Shear Walls
SPSW

--Base Graphics from AISC Design Guide 20

-Steel Plate Shear Walls Panel Behavior
Buckling of plate Frame Action
Tension Yielding of Plate Tension Yielding of Plate
Frame Action Buckling of Plate

Research shows the beneficial post-buckling
strength of SPSW
Pinched Hysteresis
(frame action and
plate yielding)
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-Recent Publications
PEER ATC-72
LATBC AB-083
Alternative Design Procedures was allowed by CBC 2001
SPSW + Outrigger System - No prescriptive procedures
Fully Embraced by LADBS
Collaboration of Expertise Value Added to Project
Peer Review Panel:
- Professor Stephen Mahin, UC Berkeley - James Malley, S.E., Degekolb Engineers
- Professor Jack Moehle, UC Berkeley - Paul Somerville, URS (Seismologist)

-Criteria
Item Code Based Guidelines Performance Based Design Guidelines
Performance Based Design Procedure as allowed
ASCE 7 (2005) and AISC 360,

1. Standards by Section 16.29.10.1 of the 2002 City of Los
Achieve a level of 341
Angeles Building Code
safety at least 2. Ductility

R=8 for dual system or 7 for
single system under applicable
3-D nonlinear analysis explicitly modeling the post-
yield behavior of lateral force resisting elements
equivalent to code- Factor
height limits (per ASCE 7 (2005) including expected material overstrength.
based procedure Explicit modeling of P-Delta effects with post-yield

3. Drift Limits ASCE 7 Section 12.12 behavior included, with a generally accepted 3%
interstory cap at MCE level.

Dynamic Analysis of three different events of
Rational alternative 4. Minimum Base
Shear
ASCE 7 Section 12.8 and 12.9 varying occurrence: 43 yr, 475yr, and 2475 yr
returns.
process with global Full 3-D linear and nonlinear dynamic analysis
criteria equivalency 5. Story Force
Distribution
ASCE 7 Section 12.8 and 12.9 models with appropriate spatial distribution of
mass and stiffness explicitly modeled.
Bounding non-linear 3-D Analysis by varying

6. Redundancy

Per ASCE 7 Section 12.3.4.2 material properties along the height and footprint of
Explicit determination Factor
structure.
of structure Adjustment of demand levels from nonlinear
analysis through the use of standard deviations of
performance 7. Importance
Factor
ASCE 7 Table 1-1 the mean of max responses combined with or
without phi factors for capacity checks at a
component level.
All irregular geometry of seismic lateral system
Does note completely 8. Structure
Irregularities
ASCE 7 (2005) Section 12.3 explicitly modeled and confirmed for displacement
acceptance
disregard code-based 9. Structural
ASCE 7 Requires dual system Effect of moment frame from HBE/VBE is explicitly
guidelines System
with special moment frame for
structure over 160ft.
accounted for within modeling, no height limits
enforced.
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-Global Performance Objectives
Acceptance: based upon global target performance objective
during seismic events of varying recurrence probability
Performance Performance Analysis
Design/Analysis Procedure Modeling
Level Objective Type
Immediate 1. Secondary serviceability check that uses a 50% exceedance in 30

Occupancy yr spectrum.
1. Steel plate modeled as shell
Level with minimal 2. Response Spectrum forces reduced by nominal effective
Linear elements, with rotation and
Frequent structural damage response modification factor of 1.5 to account for limited energy
Dynamic stiffness modifiers applied
(43 yr) that is repairable. dissipation.
Analysis
Possible 3. Strength Demands per LATBSDC Consensus Document (2005)
2. WUF-F moment connections
disruption of non- (D+.5L+E)
modeled as fully restrained
essential services. 4. Interstory Drift Limited to 2%
connections.
1. Site Specific response spectrum developed for 10% probability of
exceedance in 50 years. 3. 5% damping
Life Safety
2. Strength demands per load combinations of 2002 LABC CH. 16
Rare Moderate damage Linear 4. Multiple models enveloping
3. System overstrength will not be used (instead will be verified by
DBE to structure that Dynamic mass eccentricity/soil
MCE level)
(475 yr) may require Analysis interaction/base rigidity effects.
4. Capacity-based procedures used to design flexural and shear
extensive repairs
strength of the walls beyond plastic hinge region
5. Interstory Drift Limited to 2%
Collapse- 1. FEMA 356 used where
1. 7 time history pairs scaled to the MCE response spectrum
Prevention possible to develop back-bone
according to the methods contained in ASCE 7, Section 17.3.2 as
Extensive damage curves, at collapse prevention
recommended by the LATBC Consensus document(2005) Section
to the structure Nonlinear level
Very Rare 2.3.1.3. Mean or mean+ demands applied depending on the
that may or may Time 2. Steel Plate strips modeled
MCE element.
not be History using strip method per AISC 341
(2475 yr) 2. Load Combination per LATBSDC Consensus Document (2005)
economically Analysis /Design Guide 20 Guidelines
(D+.5L+E)
feasible to repair. 3. Damping includes 5% modal
3. 5% accidental eccentricities not required
Collapse is plus a small amount of Raleigh
4. Interstory Drift Limited to 3%
prevented. stiffness proportional damping.

-Component Performance Criteria
Structural elements designed for ductile response (displacement based) are:
The Steel Plate panels.

Shear wall Horizontal Boundary Elements (HBE)
Base of the shear wall Vertical Boundary Element (VBE)
Buckling Restrained Brace (BRB) used in the outrigger trusses.
Shear links over wall penetrations.
Vierendel Outrigger moment connections
Structural elements designed to remain essentially elastic (force based) are:
Vertical boundary elements (VBE) above the shear base of the wall
Local Boundary Elements (LBE) around shear-openings.
Gravity and Outrigger columns
Diaphragms
Basement walls
Mat foundation
Outrigger steel components beyond the BRB.
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-Code Exceptions
Examples of rationally verified deviations from code-based guidelines:
Height limitations per structural system do not apply
= . e cept fo collecto s
= . fo f e uent y and a e 7 y events, calcd pe code fo 7 y.
Minimum base shear formulas do not apply, but Vmin limited to 0.025W.
Period limits do not apply
LABC Code-based drift limit of 0.02/T1/3 replaced with a limit of 0.03 at MCE
Aspect ratio of shear wall panels may exceed the max limit of 2.5 due to
overall slender wall flexural behavior as verified by nonlinear analysis as
recommended per AISC 341.

-Streamlined Design & Peer Review Process
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-NYA Collaboration with Researchers
Research Tests
Link Tests
(University of Texas)
(M. Englehardt)
(WUF-W)
Steel Plate Tests

(University of Alberta)
(R. Driver)
Composite Column Tests
(University of Washington)
(C. Roeder)
BRB Tests
(Star Seismic)

-From Research to Practice
Reduced Santa Ana Wind Effects

NYA Collaboration with Researchers
EQ Ground Motions (Geopentech)
Regional Climatic Studies (CPP)
Santa Ana Wind Effect
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-Research Testing Calibration
Seismic Behaviour of Steel Plate Shear Walls, University of
Alberta, 1997, R. Driver, G. Kulak, D. Kennedy, A. Elwi.

-Nonlinear Modeling
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-Modeling: Strips
Tension-only
Ties
Compression-
Only Struts
Strip Modeling:
-Appropriate for dynamic nonlinear analysis
-Need to break HBEs and VBEs into multiple
elements
-Tension-only strips and compression-only
struts
-Equations for modeling obtained in AISC 341

-Yielding Distribution
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-Tension Strips Yielding

-Beam Rotation
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-VBE Usage

- nterstory Drift
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-Interstory Drift
Transverse Drifts Longitudinal Drifts

-Story Shears
Transverse Shear Longitudinal Shear
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-Diaphragm Design
Inertia Forces
Transfer + Inertia Forces
Transfer Forces
(Backstay Kickback)

-Upper-Level Diaphragm Transfer
Roof / L 27
Floor Transition
Inertia Forces Inertia + Transfer Forces

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-Semi-Rigid vs Rigid
Can make a huge difference in shear

forces!
(Modeling Issue)

-Semi-Rigid vs Rigid
Backstay Kick-back!
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-SPSW Final Design
Connections and Other Requirements

Web plates connected to boundary members to develop
expected yield strength of plates. (AISC-05 17.3)
Connection design to meet OMF force requirements
(AISC-05 11.2)
Panel zones to meet SMF requirements at top and bottom
panels only (AISC-05 9.3)
VBE splices to meet LFRS requirements (AISC-05 8.4)
min force and location
HBE to be laterally braced at intervals similar to SMF
L=0.086ryE/Fy (AISC-05 17.4d)
All HBE-VBE connections to be laterally braced
(problematic for LBE connections)

-Benefits of SPSW
Highly efficient energy dissipation system

R = 7 w/o Dual System
R = 8 w/ Dual System (>160ft reqd for SDC-D )
Taller Buildings get benefit of shear stiffness
at base and frame stiffness at the top.
Compact footprint
plate vs. 30 concrete walls and 14 braces
Reduced mass compared with concrete
shear walls
Fast construction
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-New Developments
No panel aspect ratio limitations

Practical limitation effective form of control
Allows to use single web angle (a = 40o)
Commentary contains refined procedure for
capacity design method for VBE and HBE.
Based on recent published papers (Berman and
Bruneau, 2008)
Low-Yield steel material (LYS)
Reduces overstrength and maximizes stiffnesses
(thicker plates)
Openings at edges of Panels
Reduces demands on gravity VBEs
Adds another energy dissipator (shear link)
Early tests exhibit stable/improved behavior

PBD Beneficial Effects on System Design
Expand the limits of what is possible and acceptable through

high level of detailed rational verification
Examples for SPSW:

Code-based building height limit & shear wall aspect ratio restriction
exemptions
Nonlinear analysis used to verify that both the overall system height & larger individual
aspect ratios were acceptable
Per AISC 341, VBEs would be required to be capacity-designed based

upon the capacity of the steel plates
Every wall panel over 55 stories exerting yield strength creates infeasible demand at base
of structure
Would require careful optimization of steel plate thickness
Using PBD, VBE demand is explicitly determined from the nonlinear

analysis
Sensitivity to wall thickness is relaxed, allowing for a more uniform plate thickness
Led to only 2 different plate thicknesses being used over entire 55 stories (LACCH)
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VIII. Collaboration with Research and Industry
-Essential for Success
On Time &
Contractor Under budget?
Software
Architect
NYA
Research
Owner

-Steel Materials
-Steel Plates: ASTM A-36 (Fy=36 ksi, Fu=58 ksi)

-Boundary Elements: ASTM A-572 Gr. 50 (Fy=50 ksi, Fu=65 ksi)
-Structural Tubing: ASTM A500, Grade B
-Pipe Columns: ASTM A53, Grade B
-Anchor Bolts: ASTM F1554, Grade 55
-High Strength Bolts: ASTM A490, A325
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-Collaboration with Construction: VBEs
Collaboration Essential to Success (AISC, Herrick)
Steel VBE shape/configuration
Optimum shape strength and stiffness
Minimize welding of built-up
Splicing Configuration
Steel availability

-Collaboration with Construction : VBEs
Splicing Configuration Grout Strength
Steel availability
Composite action/constructability
Grout Procedure/Method
Plate
Configuration Grout Hole Size
Stiffener
Plate Gap
Plate Grade Plate Thickness
Grout
Hole
Spacing
Corner
Radius
Stiffener Plate Welding
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-Collaboration with Construction: SPSW
Steel availability
Shear Plate
Attachments
Material Availability

-Collaboration with Construction: Anchorage
Steel availability
Shear Plate
Attachments
VBE anchorage/constructability
Configuration
Erection Stability
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-Collaboration with Construction: BRBs
Collaboration Essential to Success

Steel availability
Shear Plate
Attachments
VBE anchorage/constructability
Configuration
Erection Stability
BRB Connections/Capacity

-VBE Anchorage
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-VBE Anchorage

-Steel Plate Shear Wall Foundations
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-Transfer Beams

-Steel Plate Shear Wall Assembly
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-Skewed Wall Panel

-SPSW/Boundary Element Connections
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-VBE Splices

-Outrigger/BRB
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November, 2007
Placement of Mat
December, 2008
October, 2008 Topping Off June, 2009
Frame Erection Exterior Complete
Enhanced & Confirmed Performance

Uncompromised Architectural Vision
No Deep Spandrel at Perimeter
More Sellable Floor Area for Ownership
20,000 sf floor space gained
Lighter Building Weight
30% lighter without Concrete Walls
Reduced Foundation Pressures
Early Completion of Structural Frame
3 Floors Erected per Week
THANK YOU
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Lessons from PBD Peer Reviews

Jack Moehle Farzad Naeim

UC Berkeley Farzad Naeim, Inc.
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FarzadNaeim
Farzad is the founder and President of Farzad Naeim, Inc. Prior to founding this firm, he
was the Technical Director at John A. Martin & Associates (JAMA) and it's General
Counsel. Farzad has been instrumental in development of the LATBSDC PBD
guidelines and has chaired the committee in charge of development of that series of
guidelines since 2005. He has also been a member of the task group that developed the
PEER-TBI Guideline. Dr. Naeim has served as the Chair of Seismic Peer Review Panel
for numerous tall buildings designed according to PBD methodologies.
Farzad has served as Editor-in-Chief of Earthquake Spectra, President of EERI, inaugural

Chair of the Governance Board of the U.S. Network for Earthquake Engineering
Simulation (NEES), and the Chair of the 10th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake
Engineering.
JackMoehle
Jack Moehle is the T.Y. and Margaret Lin Professor of Engineering in the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. His
research and teaching interests are related to structural engineering, with emphasis on
reinforced concrete and earthquake engineering. A licensed Civil Engineer in the State of
California, Dr. Moehle works regularly as a consulting engineer, offering advice and
expert peer review, including high-rise building projects in Seattle, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, and San Diego. He is Honorary Member of the Structural Engineers Association
of Northern California, member of the College of Fellows of the Structural Engineers
Association of California, and elected member of the U.S. National Academy of
Engineering. He has served on the Boards of Directors of the Structural Engineers
Association of Northern California, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, and
the American Concrete Institute. He has been a member of the ACI 318 Building Code
Committee since 1989, chair of ACI 318H (Seismic Provisions) from 1995 to 2014, and
is Chair of ACI 318 for the 2014-2019 code cycle.
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Jack Moehle Farzad Naeim

UC Berkeley Farzad Naeim, Inc.
The Seismic Peer Review Panel (SPRP)
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Peer review
Purpose
To provide independent, objective, technical
review of any aspects that relate to seismic
performance
Conduct
EOR proposes criteria and designs to satisfy it
The SSRP reviews EOR submittals for
Consistency with performance objectives
Consistency with standards of practice
A good review provides input that promotes
resolution of comments in a collegial environment
This is not the place to force your way of doing
things
Peer review limitations

The burden to demonstrate conformance
of the structural design resides with the
EOR.
The responsibility for the structural design
remains solely with the EOR.
The responsibility for plan review resides
with the Building Official.
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SPRP membership
Selection,
Building Reporting
Official
SPRP
Consultation SE Tall building expertise
Geo/Seismic Hazard
Academic Specific expertise
Selected as individuals, not

companies
No conflicts, quid-pro-quos
Project Sponsor and EOR

SPRP contracting models

Selection,
Contract,
Building Reporting
Official
SPRP

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SPRP contracting models
Selection,
Building Reporting
Official
SPRP
Contract

Operational aspects kick-off meeting
Building Official SPRP

Points
of
contact
Project Sponsor EOR

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Operational aspects detailed work
Building Official SPRP

Points
of
contact
Project Sponsor EOR

SPRP (typical) distribution of work

SE
Chair meetings, manage team, single point of
contact for SPRP
In-office support team reviews computer models
and monitors comment log
Prepares letters for approval by SPRP
Geo/Seismic Hazard expert
Seismic hazard representation
Foundation modeling
Academic
Building-specific aspects
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SPRP scope of services
Review Design Criteria
design approach
seismic hazard
modeling approaches
acceptance criteria
whatever else arises
Review early design concepts and details
Review final design
computer input and output
analysis results in relation to design criteria
details as expressed in drawings
Participate in SPRP meetings
Complete written reports/letters
Timeline and deliverables

Peer review should facilitate the project
development, not impede it
Peer review should start early
Stages
Kick-off meeting
Basis of Design (design criteria)
Geo report / seismic hazard representation
Excavation / Shoring /Foundation approval
Partial or complete structural review
Final approval letter
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Example of an Unrealistic
Schedule
1. Basis of Design document to be submitted to By Englekirk:

SPRP: To be submitted between September 15, 2014 and
September 30, 2014
2. Approval of Basis of Design document: By SPRP:
From September 16, 2014 to October 14, 2014
3. Submittal of response spectra to the SPRP: By AMEC:
To be submitted between September 26, 2014 and
October 7, 2014
4. Approval of response spectra: By SPRP
From September 29, 2014 to October 8, 2014
5. Submittal of time histories to the SPRP: By AMEC:
To be submitted between October 27, 2014 and
November 6, 2014
6. Approval of time histories: By SPRP
From October 30, 2014 to November 13, 2014
7. Submittal of Service Level Earthquake (SLE) By Englekirk:
design calculations and drawings to the SPRP: To be submitted between December 22, 2014 and
January 9, 2015
8. Approval of SLE design*: By SPRP:
From January 12, 2015 to February 9, 2015
9. Submittal of shoring and underpinning design: By General Contractor:
To be submitted between April 13, 2015 and
April 27, 2015
10. Approval of shoring and underpinning design: By SPRP:
From April 28, 2015 to June 8, 2015
11. Collapse Prevention Level Design and By Englekirk:
submittal for the foundation permit drawings to To be submitted between October 1, 2015 and
the City and the SPRP: October 15, 2015
12. Review process and approvals to pull By SPRP:
foundation permit: From October 2, 2015 to December 1, 2015
Design Documentation
Basis of Design
Should be detailed and explain
approach to design
details of modeling and acceptance criteria
Computer models
Help SPRP help you
Member proportioning and details
For a foundation permit you should have an
essentially completed design
In some cases you can get a conditional excavation
permit without a complete design
Performance verification
Structural drawings
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Example BOD Table of Contents
Example BOD Modeling Details
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Example BOD Modeling Details
Example of Summarizing Results
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The Comment Log
# Page Date Comment Response Resolution
2 2-3 x/y/z The values of Z1.0 This has been corrected Resolved
and Z2.5 listed on in the attached revised (date)
these two pages report (date)
are not consistent.
The consultant
should clarify
which set of
values were used
in the analysis.
Dispute resolution
Differences of opinion can arise
level of complexity required for analysis
interpretation of results
Disputes are rare
Building Official is final arbiter
Advisory panels can be consulted
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Examples
The peer review process takes too long,
is too expensive, and too uncertain.
Example 1: The dual system that was not

Example 2: The dual system that became one
Example 3: Armed struggle over stress limits
Example 4: SPRPs suspended animation
Example 5: Conditioning payment on
Approval
Ground motion selection and scaling

Example 6 Spectrum-matched versus
scaled motions
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Ground motion selection and scaling
Example 7 Conditional mean spectra
Example 7a
Example 7b
Figure courtesy of Prof. Jack Baker
Nonlinear dynamic analysis

Example 8a What do you mean the
effective damping is 2.5% of critical?
Example 8b Rayleigh damping scaled
for T1 through T3.
Example 8c Modal damping
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Demand versus capacity
Example 9 Strain capacity of unconfined concrete is
0.003. Therefore, no confinement should be required if ec
< 0.003.
0.015
Drift Ratio Meas. Calc.

Lateral 0.010 0.75%
loading
1.00%
1.50%
Concrete strain
0.005
0.000
-0.005
-0.010
Flange Stem
-0.015
0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00
Distance along web from flange / lw
Flange in tension
Thomsen and Wallace (2004).
Structural detailing
Example 10 The loop-de-loop hoop.
Loop-de-loop hoop
Daisy chain of loop-de-loop

hoops as reinforcement for
wall shear, confinement,
and reinforcement support
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Structural detailing
Example 11 - Diagonally reinforced coupling beams
The entire shear is carried by the diagonals, therefore
the concrete outside the diagonals is not required.
Construction details
Example 12 Wall-slab interfaces?
10 ksi 10 ksi 10 ksi 10 ksi
4 ksi 4 ksi 4 ksi Cold joint

4 ksi
10 ksi 10 ksi 10 ksi 10 ksi
(a) Probable (b) Puddle wall (c) Hold back (d) Slip form the
code violation concrete into slab concrete, wall
slab cast wall through
the slab
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Foundation mats
Example 13 Unit shear strength of members without
shear reinforcement is known to decrease with
thickness. Should a foundation mat have shear
reinforcement?
Thank you!
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PBD The Future

Ronald O. Hamburger, SE
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RonaldO.Hamburger
Ron Hamburger is a Senior Principal and Western Regional Head of Structural Engineering at
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger. Mr. Hamburger has 40 years of experience in engineering,
construction, failure investigation and research. He is a past President of the Structural
Engineers Association of California, and of the National Council of Structural Engineering
Associations, as well as the Structural Engineering Certification Board. He also is a past Vice
President of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and a fellow of the Structural
Engineering Institute.
Mr. Hamburger has been engaged in the development of building codes and standards for more
than 25 years with a particular emphasis on performance-based earthquake engineering
procedures. He was a member of the ATC-33 and ATC-40 project teams, the SEAOC Vision
2000 committee, the FEMA 356 development panel, and since 2001 has served as project
technical director for the ATC-58 project to develop next-generation performance-based design
criteria. He is a member of the ASCE 41 Committee and chair of the ASCE 7 committee. In
2014, the Structural Engineering Institute awarded Mr. Hamburger the Walter P. Moore award
for a lifetime achievement in development of building codes.
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PBD The Future

Ronald O. Hamburger, SE
PBD What is it?

SEAOC Vision 2000 Report, 1996
Procedures that enable the deign and
construction of buildings that will reliably be
able to attain desired seismic performance
Potential life-safety impacts
Potential loss of occupancy
Potential repair costs
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Present Generation doesnt answer these questions
Nonstructural Performance
Accounts for more than

70% of earthquake
economic losses
Not really covered by
present procedures
Simple review of
anchorage and bracing
requirements similar to
prescriptive code
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Reliability
FEMA 273
Perhaps 1 out of 10 structures may
experience poorer performance than intended
by the design
One out of 10 is not particularly good, unless
the building owner buys into this and is willing
to accept it
Noone even knows if we are really getting
90% reliability
Performance Prediction
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The Process
D
Ground Structural
Motion Response Damage
Predicting Performance
It is impossible to predict performance
precisely
Each step of the process entails many

uncertainties
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The Results of Next-Generation Performance Assessment
Loss Distribution
Building Performance Model

3rd E-W Curtain wall
2nd Story N-S Shear walls 3rd Story Contents

3rd Story N-S Shear walls
3rd Story N-S Curtain wall 2nd E-W Curtain wall
3rd E-W Story glazing
2nd E-W Story glazing
1st E-W Story glazing
1st Story N-S Storefront

1st Story N-S Beam-column joints
1st Story N-S Shear walls

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Fragility Specification
B1044.000 Reinforced Concrete Shearwalls
BASIC COMPOSITION Reinforced concrete and finishes both sides
Units for basic quantities Square feet of wall area
DAMAGES STATES, FRAGILIITES, AND CONSEQUENCE FUNCTIONS

DS1 DS2 DS3
Flexural cracks < 3/16" Flexural cracks > 1/4" Max. crack widths >3/8"
DESCRIPTION
Shear (diagonal) cracks < 1/16" Shear (diagonal) cracks > 1/8" Significant spalling/ loose cover
No significant spalling Moderate spalling/ loose cover Fracture or buckling some r/f
ILLUSTRATION
(example photo or drawing)
MEDIAN DEMAND
1.5% 3.0% 5.0%
BETA 0.2 0.3 0.4

CORRELATION (%) 70%
Patch cracks each side with caulk Remove loose concrete Shore
Paint each side Patch spalls with NS grout Demo existing wall
DAMAGE FUNCTIONS
Replace
Patch cracks each side with caulk
Paint each side Patch and paint
CONSEQUENCE FUNCTION
Max. consequence up to lower quantity

$4.00 per sq ft up to 800 sq ft $10.00 per sq ft up to 800 sq ft $50.00 per sq ft up to 200 sq ft
Min consequence over upper quantity $2.00 per sq ft over 4000 sq ft $5.00 per sq ft over to 4000 sq ft $30.00 per sq ft over 2000 sq ft
Beta (consequence) 0.2 0.3 0.3
TIMEFRAME TO ADDRESS CONSEQUENCES days weeks months
5
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Analysis
Peak Ground Drift Ratio

Acceleration
0.2g 1.0%
0.5g 2%
1.0g 5%
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Analysis Results
Median values of
peak transient:
Story drift
Floor acceleration
Analysis Results
Logarithmic standard
deviation of:
Peak story drift
Peak floor acceleration
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Analysis Results
Covariance matrix
Calculate Performance
Monte Carlo Process

Hundreds to
thousands of spins
For each spin
termed a realization
Unique
Demands
Damage
Consequences
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Demand Generation
Analysis Median Demand Co-Variance

D Vector Matrix
Computing Building Performance
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Performance Assessment Calculation Tool
Performance Assessment Calculation Tool
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Repair Cost
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Downtime
Unsafe Placards
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Benefits of this new approach
Provides data directly useful for cost-benefit
analyses and decision making
Inherently acknowledges and quantifies the
possible range of performance outcomes
Recognizes the effect of nonstructural
components
Permits engineers to conveniently explore the
effects of design modification on performance
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Managing PBD of Tall Buildings
in San Francisco

Gary Ho, SE
Department of Building Inspection
San Francisco
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GaryHo
Gary Ho has been with Department of Building Inspection, San Francisco for twenty years. He
leads the plan review for the special projects that requiring Structural Design Review/Peer
Review. Gary has involved in many new high-rise construction projects, and also seismic
retrofitting and alternations of existing buildings. These projects include the new construction of
Infinity Towers, Millennium Tower, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Headquarters,
181 Fremont Tower, and the Golden State Warriors Arena projects. He also involved in the
additions of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the seismic retrofitting and alternations
of 141 New Montgomery Building.
Gary is a registered Structural Engineer in California, and has received his Master Degree in
Civil Engineering from the University of California at Davis. He had practiced in private firms
for more than ten years prior to joining SFDBI.
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Managing PBD of Tall Buildings
in San Francisco

Gary Ho, SE
Department of Building Inspection
San Francisco
overview
Introduction of Department of Building
Inspection (DBI)
History of PBD Tall Buildings in San
Francisco
Governing Documents: Administrative
Bulletins AB-082 and AB-083
Conclusions
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Introduction of DBI
Purpose: To serve the City and County of
San Francisco and the general public by
ensuring that life and property within the
City and County are safeguarded, and to
provide a public forum for community
involvement in that process.
Introduction of DBI
Mission Statement: Under the direction
and management of the seven-member
citizen Building Inspection Commission, to
oversee the effective, efficient, fair and
safe enforcement of the City and County
of San Franciscos Building, Housing,
Plumbing, Electrical, and Mechanical
Codes, along with the Disability Access
Regulations.
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History of PBD Tall Buildings in San Francisco
Structural engineer started proposing PBD

tall buildings in early 2000s.
San Francisco Building Code (SFBC) does
not prescribe procedures in PBD.
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SFBC Sect. 104A2.8 allows Building

Official approving alternate design method
that provides equivalence of the provisions
in the Code.
DBI approved PBD when recommended
by independent Structural Design
Reviewers (SDR)/ Peer Reviewers.
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DBI has reviewed more than 15 PBD tall

buildings in past 10 years, with heights
ranging from 160 feet to 1,000 feet.
More than four have completed construction,
and occupied.
Others are either under construction or
reviewing.
Structural systems of PBD tall buildings:

Mostly concrete buildings, with post-tensioned
slabs, and core shear walls; some with
additional outriggers
A few hybrid of steel and concrete
construction
One steel-framed building, with moment
frames, and mega diagonal braces.
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DBI issued two Administrative Bulletins

(AB) in year 2008.
AB 082: Guidelines and Procedures for
Structural Design Review
AB 083: Requirements and Guidelines for the
Seismic Design of New Tall Buildings using
Non-Prescriptive Seismic-Design Procedures
These two AB apply to PBD Tall Buildings.
Governing Document: AB-082

Guidelines and Procedures for Structural
Design Review
Sect. 1 Structural Design Reviewer
Sect. 2 Projects requiring Structural Design
Review
Sect. 3 Scope of Structural Design Review
Services
Structural Design Review Process
Dispute Resolution
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SDR provides supplemental reviews to DBI.
EOR responsible for the structural design
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Sect 1 Structural Design Reviewer
Selection of members for Structural Design
Review Panel (SDRP)
Project sponsors, EOR and DBI jointly select
members for the SDRP.
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Members of SDRP
Geotechnical engineers with expertise in
developing site-specific ground motions for PBD.
Practicing structural engineers with expertise in
PBD of tall buildings, and the proposed structural
system.
Structural engineering researchers posses
expertise in PBD tall buildings, and the proposed
structural system.
All SDR must be registered Engineers in
California. 13

Administration
SDRP , EOR, and DBI work together to develop
scope of services.
SDRP contracts with Project Sponsor.
Project Sponsor pays the services provided by
SDRP.
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Sect. 2 Projects requiring Structural
Design Review
Projects incorporating non-prescriptive or performance-based
design.
Projects incorporating building heights that exceed 240 feet.
Projects incorporating seismic response-history analyses per
Chapter 16 of ASCE 7.
Projects incorporating seismic isolation per Chapter 17 of ASCE
7.
Projects incorporating seismic damping per Chapter 18 of ASCE
7.
Projects with irregular and unusual configurations or system.
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Sect. 3 Scope of Structural Design
Review Services
Earthquake hazard determination
Site specific ground motion characterization
Seismic performance goals
Basis of design, design methodology and
acceptance criteria
Mathematical modeling and simulation
Interpretation of results of analysis
Member selection and design 16
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Sect. 3 Scope of Structural Design
Review Services
Detail concepts and design
Construction documents, including drawings
and specifications
Other building aspects requested by DBI
Wind loads resistance
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Sect. 4 Structural Design Review Process
setting up SDRP as early as practicable.
Establishing review schedule and milestone
SDRP keeps logs of reviews.
SDRPs comments, EORs responses, and
resolutions
SDRP provides letters at each phase of
review, stating the scope and conclusion.
Site permit: design criteria
Addendum: piling, foundation and basements, and
superstructure. 18
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Sect. 5 Dispute Resolution
DBI makes final decisions, may appointing
additional outside experts.
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Requirements and Guidelines for the
Seismic Design of New Tall Buildings
using Non-Prescriptive Seismic Design
procedures
Sect. 1 Scope
Sect. 2 Structural Design Review
Sect. 3 Submittal Requirements
Sect. 4 Seismic Design Requirements
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Sect. 1 Scope
For new buildings that use non-prescriptive
seismic design procedures, and
Buildings that the roofs have heights over 160
feet above average adjacent ground.
AB-083 applies to PBD Tall Buildings.
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Sect. 2 Structural Design Review
Refers to AB-082 for guidelines and
procedures
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Engineer of Record (EOR) submits Seismic
Design Criteria to DBI and SDRP
Initial building plans
Description of building and structural systems
Analysis methodology
Acceptance criteria
Exceptions to the provisions of the Code
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EOR submits plans, calculations,
geotechnical reports, and other required
documents to DBI and SDRP for continuation
of review.
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Sect. 4: Seismic Design Requirements
Sect. 4.1 Code Level Evaluation
Sect. 4.2 Service Level Evaluation
Sect. 4.3 Maximum Considered Earthquake
(MCE) Level Evaluation
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Sect. 4.1 Code Level Evaluation
Seismic structural design shall be per SFBC,
with exceptions approved in the Seismic
Design Criteria.
Seismic Response Coefficient R, shall not be
taken greater than 8.5.
EOR demonstrates the building satisfies the
requirements of strength and stiffness
prescribed in the Code.
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Similar to the provisions of, Guidelines for
Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall
Buildings, Version 1.0, November 2010 ,
developed by Pacific Earthquake Engineer
Research Center (PEER), Report No.
2010/05
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Ground motion used shall have a 43-years
mean return period ( 50% probability of
exceedance in 30 years).
EOR demonstrates the primary structural
system remaining essentially elastic.
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Sect. 4.3 MCE Level Evaluation
Similar to Peer guidelines
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MCE Level Evaluation

Ground motion used shall be per MCE
defined in ASCE/SEI 7-10, Chapter 21.
Mathematical Model shall be per ASCE/SEI 7-
10 Sect. 12.7.3.
Three dimensional nonlinear response
history(NLRH) analysis shall be performed.
EOR demonstrates calculated forces and
deformation demands on all structural
elements not exceeding element force and
deformation capacities. 30
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Conclusions
When properly implemented, PBD will provide
buildings the equivalence or superior
performance than the Code.
DBI will work closely, and constantly with project
sponsors, structural engineers, geotechnical
engineers, researchers, and contractors in
modifying and improving our review process.
DBI purpose and mission safeguards life and
property by enforcing SFBC effectively and
efficiently.
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Questions?
gary.ho@sfgov.org
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Thanks for attending!
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City of Los Angeles
Plan Review
Colin Kumabe
Chief of Building Plan Check

City of Los Angeles
Department of Building and Safety
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ColinKumabe
Colin Kumabe is currently the Metro Plan Check Chief in the City of Los Angeles, Department
of Building and Safety, where he has worked for 30 years. During the past 10 years, he has
overseen the citys review of projects with performance based design. Throughout his career, he
has participated in the SEAOSC steel and existing buildings committees and the ad hoc
committees for the development of nonductile concrete chapters of the Los Angeles Building
codes. Colin has a B.S. from the University of the Pacific, M.S. UCLA, and M.B.A. from
CSULB.
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City of Los Angeles
Plan Review
Colin Kumabe
Chief of Building Plan Check

City of Los Angeles
Department of Building and Safety
Overview
The approval process of the City of Los

Angeles, Department of Building and Safety,
LADBS, for buildings analyzed and designed
using the Performance Based Design
methodology.
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LADBS Involvement in Process
LADBS is involved in all steps of the Peer
Review process.
LADBS staff will actively participate in all
steps of the process by reviewing all
structural components along with the Peer
Reviewers.
Prior to issuing building permits, LADBS
will use the recommendations from the
Peer Reviewers as part of the final plan
check of the structure.
Process Overview
1. Developer acknowledge benefits achieved

with performance based design
2. Request LADBS to initiate process
3. LADBS selects Peer Review Panel
4. Discuss and approve Design Criteria and
Ground Motions
5. Approve final analysis and construction
plans
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Step 1: Developer Acknowledgement
Why is a Peer Review required?

Section 16.2.5 of ASCE 7-10 requires a
review by an independent team when the
non-linear time history method is used.
Step 2: Initiate Peer Review Process
When should the Peer Review Process

begin?
As early as possible.
Normally, with a diligent design team and
Peer Review Panel, the process takes an
average of 9 months.
Start at least 9 months before the full building
permit is needed.
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Step 3: Panel Composition
Section 16.2.5 of ASCE 7-10 require panel

members to be of appropriate disciplines and
others experienced in seismic analysis
methods and the theory.
One academic researcher
One structural engineer
One geotechnical engineer
Step 4: Comment Resolution
Four Deliverables by the Peer Review Panel:

Ground Motions
Proposed by the Design Team
Approved by the Peer Review Panel based on site
conditions and structure type
Design Criteria
Proposed by the Design Team (good to start with the
LATBSDC methodology)
Approved by the Peer Review Panel
Final Non-Linear Time History Analysis
Peer Review Panel reviews final computer output
Location of Strong Motion Recorders
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Step 5: Final Approval
Final Analysis is approved once the performance meets

the approved design criteria by the Peer Reviewers.
Along with the final analysis the Strong Motion
Recording device locations need to be approved.
Common Additional Approvals - Developers often
request intermediate steps before the final analysis is
complete:
Shoring approve excavation depth and width
Foundation approve mat slab, footings or piles
systems
Shell Only nearly complete Final Analysis
LADBS Information Bulletins

P/BC 2014-048 Specifications for Strong-Motion
Accelerographs & Requirements for Installation and
Servicing
devices used for code based design buildings
http://ladbs.org/LADBSWeb/LADBS_Forms/InformationBulletins/
IB-P-BC2014-048StrongMotionAccelerographs.pdf
P/BC 2014-117 Structural Monitoring Equipment in
Buildings Designed with Nonlinear Response History
Procedure
Special seismograph specifications
IB-P-BC2014-117StrMonitoring4Non-LinearBldg.pdf
P/BC 2014-123 Alternative Design Procedure for Seismic
Analysis and Design of Tall Buildings and Buildings
Utilizing Complex Structural Systems
adopts the LATBSDC methodology
IB-P-BC2014-123AltProc4SeisofTallComplexBldg.pdf
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Thank you
Questions?
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The Seattle Experience

Steven Pfeiffer
Engineering and Technical Codes Manager
City of Seattle
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StevenPfeiffer
Steve Pfeiffer is an Engineering and Technical Codes Manager for the City of Seattle,
Department of Planning and Development. He has been with the City for 30 years and has
worked on a wide range of projects including podium buildings, high-rises, stadiums, etc. He
has managed the peer reviews on projects utilizing performance based design for over 15 years
and has worked with a wide variety of engineering teams and peer review teams to assist in
getting these projects approved and built. Steve is a licensed structural engineer in the state of
Washington and is an SEAW member actively involved with the Earthquake Engineering
Committee. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of that organization.
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The Seattle Experience

Steven Pfeiffer
City of Seattle
Peer Review (The Seattle Experience)

Background and History
Process
Technical Issues
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History
First peer review project in Seattle 1999
Over 30 peer review projects
7 projects currently under review with
additional 7 under construction
Sample Projects
Projects include residential, office, hotel,
etc.
Some project have multiple structures on
the site
Most projects are concrete cores, but may
contain BRBs, Significant transfer
elements, seismic joints, etc.
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Projects
Washington Mutual/Seattle Art

Museum Tower, Seattle
Olive 8 Hotel, Seattle
Projects
5th and Columbia Streets, Seattle
800 Stewart Street, Seattle
815 Pine Street, Seattle
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Process
Initial notification of proposed peer review
project
Submittal of Documents
Formal written request for peer review
Schematic drawings
Draft Structural BOD
Draft Geotechnical BOD
Kick-off Mtg.
Basis of Design
Basis of Design (BOD)
Frequently based on Tall Buildings Initiative
Document
May be customized subject to Peer Reviewer
approval
Currently Seattle requires a DBE design and
an MCE design/verification
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Basis of Design
Structural Basis of Design includes:
Basic building information
DBE and MCE design approach
Code Exceptions and Enhancements
Material properties
Software Programs used for analysis and design
Acceptance criteria for DBE and MCE
Link beam rotations, drift, strains. Etc.
Stiffness property assumptions
Other
Process Time Line
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Process
Peer Review Team

Peer Review Team Makeup
Structural Engineer Expert
Geotechnical Engineer Expert
Academic?
Reporting Structure
Peer review team works for the City
City peer review costs reimbursed by the
developer
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Technical Issues of Note
Stiffness properties of elements
Capacity based design or NOT?
What is essentially elastic?
Setbacks
Design of transfer diaphragm(s)
Ground Motions
Scaled vs. Matched vs. Conditional Mean (CMS)
Code based shear wall designs are not
adequate(?)
Building Height
More guidance on the above would be great!
Conclusion
Contact the City Early in the process
Performance based design works!
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Steven Pfeiffer (206-233-7189)
City of Seattle, DPD
Steve.pfeiffer@seattle.gov
Report on Workshop to Incorporate Basin Response in the Design of Tall Buildings in the
Puget Sound Region, Washington By Susan W. Chang, Arthur D. Frankel, and Craig S.
Weaver http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1196/
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EERI Technical Seminar
Performance Based Design - State of the Practice for Tall Buildings

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