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Report - PEER - University of California, Berkeley

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Table 1. Seismic performance goals(a) Seismic performance goalsDesign Ground Motions StandardBridgesFunction EvaluationSP-1Safety Type-I (Middle field) SP-3Evaluation Type-II (Near-field)ImportantBridgesSP-2(b) Seismic performance levelsPerformanceReparabilityLevels Safety Function Short term Long term(Emergency)SP-1: Maintain safety Keep function No emergent Only minorFunctional for collapserepair is required repairSP-2: Limited Maintain safety Regain function in Emergent repair Permanentdamage for collapse a short time after can regain repair withoutSP-3: PreventcriticaldamageMaintain safetyfor collapsean earthquake function difficulty- - -In reality there is a variety <strong>of</strong> demands on the seismic performance goals andlevels by filed engineers. For example, they sometimes request to build bridges sothat at least central few lanes can be functional under a certain velocity control forheavy emergent traffic to transport medical equipments and foods within 48 hoursafter an earthquake.A survey was conducted in the Research Committee on Performance-basedSeismic Design <strong>of</strong> Structures, Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering toevaluate the current understanding <strong>of</strong> civil engineers on the seismic performancecriteria and goals. This paper introduces a part <strong>of</strong> the analysis on the seismicperformance criteria and goals surveyed by a questionnaire survey.QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYA questionnaire survey was conducted in September 2003 for 21 items on theperformance-based seismic design, including the design philosophy and performancecriteria, expected and actual periods for repair, initial construction and repair costs,expectation and problems <strong>of</strong> the performance-based seismic design, and analyticalmethods and tools. The survey was delivered by e-mails to civil engineers (20-60years old) in governmental organizations, consultants, general contractors, bridgefabricators, and academic. Replies were obtained from 100 civil engineers. Thissurvey aimed <strong>of</strong> collecting current practice and understanding on design philosophyand requirements, and did not intend to evaluate statistical-basis evaluation.78

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