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Vertical projections
Tower, tanks, parapets, smoke stacks (chimneys) and other vertical
cantilever projections attached to buildings and projecting above the
roof, shall be designed and checked for stability for five times the
design horizontal seismic coefficient Ah. In the analysis of the
building, the weight of these projecting elements will be lumped with
the roof weight.
Horizontal projections
All horizontal projections like cornices and balconies shall be
designed and checked for stability for five times the design vertical
coefficient equal to 10/3 Ah.
BOUNDARY WALL
Compound walls shall be designed for the design horizontal
coefficient Ah with importance factor I = 1.0.
STAIRCASES
IS 4326:1993 states that the interconnection of the stairs
with the adjacent floors should be appropriately treated by
providing sliding joints at the stairs to eliminate their bracing effect
on the floors. Large stair halls shall preferably be separated from the
rest of the buildings by means of separation or crumple section.
Three types of stair construction may be adopted: separated
staircase, Built-in stair case, and Staircases with sliding joints.
Fig.: Separated Staircase
Figure: Rigidly built-in staircases