Risk Category

Importance Factor
LRFD

ASD
Reduction in live loads
Reduction in roof live loads
Seismic ground motion values
 Site coefficient and MCER

Risk-Targeted Maximum Considered Earthquake

(MCER) Spectral Response Acceleration
Parameters
Design Spectral Acceleration Parameters
 Seismic Design Category

Risk category I II III ： S1≥ 0.75 SDC ： E

Risk category IV ： S1≥ 0.75 SDC ： F

其余情况应根据下两个表格确定，取较严重的一个分类
Seismic Design Category
Continuous load path and interconnection
Seismic force-resisting system
 Diaphragm Flexibility

Rigid
Semi-rigid
Flexible: Flexible diaphragms resist lateral forces
depending on the tributary area, irrespective of the
flexibility of the members that they are transferring
force to.
Horizontal Irregularity
Vertical Irregularity
Redundancy
Seismic load effects and combinations
Seismic load effects and combinations
(with overstrength factor)
Direction of Loading
Analysis procedure selection
Effective Seismic Weight
Effective Seismic Weight
Equivalent Lateral Force Procedure
Modal response spectrum analysis
Diaphragms, chords, collectors
需要考虑 Overstrength factor 的情况

SDC: C to F
Story Drif