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Background
Study performed on behalf of PEER under its Tall
Building Initiative
SGH designed two prototypes of this tall BRB for a
generic site in downtown Los Angeles
Two other firms performed similar designs of
reinforced concrete buildings located at the same
site
Background Contd.
Two design prototypes
Standard code based design
Performance based alternative
except
Superimposed
Dead
Live Load
Reducability
Roof
28 psf
25 psf
Yes
Residential including
Balconies
28 psf
40 psf
Yes
28 psf
100 psf
No
Retail
110 psf
100 psf
No
3 psf
40 psf1
Yes
Construction Loading
3 psf
30 psf
No
Cladding
15 psf
PEER document showed 50 psf. SGH considered 40 psf in keeping with ASCE 7-05
Value
85 mph
67 mph
Exposure
Occupancy Category
II
1.0
1.0
Exposure Classification
Enclosed
0.18
544-6
11
Value
Undefined
Occupancy Category
II
1.0
D
Buckling restrained braced frames, non
moment resisting beam column connections
5.5
2.0
3.16 sec1
0.051 W (Governed by Cs-min from Eq. 12.8-5)
3504 kips (85% of Static Base Shear)
Modal Response Spectral Analysis
13
RyPysc
RyPysc
14
15
16
18
Earthquake Performance
Objectives
19
21
22
23
25
26
27
28
30