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Report - PEER - University of California, Berkeley

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MOLIT Notification No. 1461 outlines the structural calculation for high-risebuildings. The notification is written in a performance-based format consisting <strong>of</strong>eight articles:Article 1: No structural members shall be damaged under the dead and live loadsrepresenting actual conditions, and other loads and forces acting on all parts <strong>of</strong> thebuilding.Article 2: Following structural calculation shall be made for snow loads on thebuilding. The snow load can be reduced for the structure where the snow meltingdevices are installed or special measures are taken to reduce snow loads.(a) Snow load shall be determined in accordance with the law enforcementorder. If an expected value associated with a 50-year return period isassessed for the construction site by special study or investigation, theassessed value can be used.(b) No structural members shall be damaged under snow load defined in (a).(c) The structure shall not collapse under the snow load equal to 1.4 times thevalue defined in (a).Article 3: Following structural calculation shall be made for wind forces actingon the building. The effect <strong>of</strong> vibration normal to the wind direction in the horizontalplane and torsional vibration on structural response, and the effect <strong>of</strong> verticalvibration on the ro<strong>of</strong> elements shall be appropriately taken into consideration in thestructural calculation.(a) No structural members shall be damaged under rare strong winds whichproduce a wind velocity equal to or higher than the average wind velocity at10 m above ground level taking into consideration ground roughness definedby the law enforcement order. This requirement does not apply to vibrationcontrol devices whose fatigue, hysteresis and damping characteristics havebeen established to be effective during extremely rare winds and earthquakemotions.(b) The structure shall not collapse by extremely rare strong winds whichproduce an average wind velocity 1.25 times the value defined in (a) at 10 mabove ground level.Article 4: Following structural calculation shall be made for earthquake forcesacting on the building. The effect <strong>of</strong> vertical ground motion considering the size andconfiguration <strong>of</strong> the building, the effect <strong>of</strong> ground motion normal to the principalground motion concerned, the effect <strong>of</strong> phase difference <strong>of</strong> ground motion, and theeffect <strong>of</strong> vertical loads under horizontal sway shall be appropriately taken intoconsideration in the structural calculation.(a) The ground motion acting on structures in the horizontal direction is definedin parts (1) to (4) below. If the ground motion is determined taking intoconsideration the effect <strong>of</strong> faults in the vicinity <strong>of</strong> the construction site, theeffect <strong>of</strong> epicentral distance and other characteristics <strong>of</strong> seismic motions andthe influence on structural response, the followings may not be satisfied.527

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