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ground shaking hazard, probable structural response given intensity, probable damagegiven response and probable loss given damage (Deierlein, 2004). Calculatedperformance may be expressed in a variety <strong>of</strong> forms including average annual loss,expected loss at a specified hazard level, or probable maximum loss, as best suitsindividual stakeholders and decision makers. The effects <strong>of</strong> aleatory and epistemicuncertainty are directly accounted for in these performance calculations. In thesecond phase, performance-based design procedures will be developed to allowengineers to efficiently determine appropriate combinations <strong>of</strong> structural stiffness,strength, damping and ductility, as well as installation procedures for nonstructuralcomponents to achieve various levels <strong>of</strong> performance capability. Stakeholders’ guideswill be developed to assist decision makers in selecting appropriate performanceobjectives as the basis for building development projects.2. BASIC METHODOLOGYFigure 1 illustrates the performance-based design process. It includes selection <strong>of</strong>appropriate performance objectives, development <strong>of</strong> one or more preliminary designsthe designer believes will be capable <strong>of</strong> achieving these objectives, assessment <strong>of</strong>each design’s ability to perform as desired, and revision <strong>of</strong> the design until the desiredperformance capability is successfully demonstrated. The first phase <strong>of</strong> the ATC-58project is focused on development <strong>of</strong> a robust methodology for assessing theperformance capability <strong>of</strong> a design. Steps in this process are discussed below. Laterphases <strong>of</strong> the project will include development <strong>of</strong> recommendations for standardizeddesign performance objectives for different types <strong>of</strong> structures and the development<strong>of</strong> guidelines that will enable engineers to develop preliminary designs that haveperformance capabilities close to those desired, so that the overall performance-baseddesign process can be efficiently prosecuted.SelectPerformanceObjectivesDevelopPreliminaryDesignReviseDesignAssessPerformanceCapabilityNoDoes DesignMeetObjectives ?YesDoneFigure 1. Performance-based design process.91

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