Preliminary Improvement on the Performance-Based Seismic Design of Buildings in Taiwan(IV)

Preliminary Improvement on the Performance-Based Seismic Design of Buildings in Taiwan(IV)

The objective of this study is to link efficiently the current classical force-based design code to a future version of performance-based design guideline. For this purpose, a transition design framework has been proposed to combine the concepts of seismic use group and seismic design category, which are both recommended by FEMA450 and IBC2006. Moreover, the provisions and the associated commentaries were developed, and it can be expected to serve as an intermediate version of the performance-based design code.