Preliminary Improvement for Performance-Based Seismic Design for Buildings in Taiwan(II)

Preliminary Improvement for Performance-Based Seismic Design for Buildings in Taiwan(II)

The objective of this study is to link up efficiently the current classical force-based design code to the future version of performance-based design guideline. For the purpose, a transition design framework has been proposed in this report to combine the concepts of seismic use group and seismic design category, which are both recommended by FEMA450 and IBC2006. Therefore, the seismic design code developed in the next stage can be expected to serve as an intermediate version. In addition, this report would like to address and discuss key issues in the proposed design framework transition.