Example Application Guide for ASCE/SEI 41-13: Selected Design Examples

摘要

The FEMA P-2006 report, Example Application Guide for ASCE/SEI 41-15, Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings with Additional Commentary for ASCE/SEI 41-17, was recently published as a result of a three-year effort funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and conducted by the Applied Technology Council. The Example Application Guide provides helpful guidance on the interpretation and use of ASCE/SEI 41-13, and it is intended to benefit both practicing engineers and building officials who have limited or no experience with ASCE/SEI 41, as well as those engineers and building officials who have used ASCE/SEI 41 in the past but have specific questions. The Example Application Guide presents a combination of short topic examples and more detailed building and material specific examples. This paper provides an overview of the overall scope of the document, as well as a more detailed review of two selected examples-a steel braced frame building and a concrete shear wall building.