2005EditionofASCE7

MinimumDesignLoadsforBuildingandOtherStructures
SupplementNo.2
Supplement No. 2 of ASCE 705 revises the minimum base shear equations for both
buildings and nonbuilding structures. The need for this change was indicated by the
results from the 75% Draft ofATC63, Quantification of Building System Performance
andResponseParameters,whichindicatethattallbuildingsmayfailatanunacceptably
low seismic levelandthereforethe minimum baseshearequation for buildings is being
restoredtothatwhichappearedinthe2002editionofASCE7.
Because nonbuilding structures not similar to buildings have low Rvalues compared to
thespecialreinforcedconcretemomentframesstudiedinATC63,theASCE7standards
committeechosenottorestorethehighminimumbaseshears fornonbuildingstructures
not similar to buildings found in ASCE 702. In many cases, these previous minimum
baseshearsgavemanynonbuildingstructuresnotsimilartobuildingseffectiveRvalues
less than 1.0. Therefore, the Seismic Subcommittee believes that the minimum base
shear equation of 0.044S
DS
I used for buildings should also be applied to nonbuilding
structuresnotsimilartobuildings.
SupplementNo.2modifiesthreeequationsofthestandard(Eq.12.85,15.41and15.4
3)asshownbelow:
SupplementNo.2toASCE705:
Revise Equation 12.85 of Section 12.8.1.1 of ASCE 705 as shown
below:
12.8.1.1CalculationofSeismicResponseCoefficient. Theseismicresponsecoeffi
cient,C
s
,shall bedeterminedinaccordancewithEq.12.82.






=
I
R
S
C
DS
s
(Eq.12.82)
where:
S
DS
= thedesignspectralresponseaccelerationparameterintheshortperiod
rangeasdeterminedfromSection11.4.4
R = theresponsemodificationfactorinTable12.21,and
I = theoccupancyimportancefactordeterminedinaccordancewithSection
11.5.1
Thevalueof C
s
computedinaccordancewithEq.12.82neednotexceedthefollowing:
L
1 D
s
T T for
I
R
T
S
C






= (Eq.12.83)
L
2
L 1 D
s
T T for
I
R
T
T S
C >






= (Eq.12.84)
C
s
shallnotbelessthan
C
s
=0.01 0.044S
DS
I0.01 (Eq.12.85)
Inaddition,forstructureslocatedwhereS
1
isequaltoorgreaterthan0.6g,C
s
shallnotbe
lessthan






=
I
R
S .
C
s
1
5 0
(Eq.12.86)
whereIandRareasdefinedin Section12.8.1.1and
S
D1
= thedesignspectralresponseaccelerationparameterataperiodof1.0sec,
asdeterminedfromSection11.4.4
T = thefundamentalperiodofthestructure(sec)determinedinSection
12.8.2
T
L
= longperiodtransitionperiod(sec)determinedinSection11.4.5
S
1
= themappedmaximumconsideredearthquakespectral
responseaccelerationparameterdeterminedinaccordancewithSection
11.4.1
Revise Equations 15.41 and 15.42 of Section 15.4.1, item 2, as shown
below:
2. Fornonbuildingsystemsthathavean RvalueprovidedinTable15.42,the
seismicresponsecoefficient(C
s
)shallnotbetakenlessthan
C
s
=0.030.044S
DS
I 0.03 (15.41)
andfornonbuildingstructureslocatedwhereS
1
0.6g,C
s
shallnotbetakenless
than






=
I
R
S
C
s
1
8 . 0
(15.42)
EXCEPTION:TanksandvesselsthataredesignedtoAWWAD100,AWWA
D103,API650AppendixE,andAPI620AppendixLasmodifiedbythis
standard,shallbesubjecttothelargeroftheminimumbaseshearvaluesdefined
bythereferencedocumentorthefollowingequations:
C
s
=0.010.044S
DS
I 0.01 (15.43)
andfornonbuildingstructureslocatedwhereS
1
0.6g,C
s
shallnotbetakenless
than






=
I
R
S
C
s
1
5 . 0
(15.44)
Minimumbaseshearrequirementsneednotapplytotheconvective(sloshing)
componentofliquidintanks.