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TABLE 12.2-1 DESIGN COEFFICIENTS AND FACTORS FOR SEISMIC FORCE–RESISTING SYSTEMS
Structural System Limitations
and Building Height (ft) Limitc
Seismic Force–Resisting System ASCE 7 Section where Response System Deflection
Detailing Requirements Modification Overstrength Amplification
Seismic Design Category
are Specified Coefficient, Ra Factor, Ω0 g Factor, Cd b
B C Dd Ed Fe
TABLE 12.2-1 DESIGN COEFFICIENTS AND FACTORS FOR SEISMIC FORCE–RESISTING SYSTEMS (continued)
Structural System Limitations
and Building Height (ft) Limitc
Seismic Force–Resisting System ASCE 7 Section where Response System Deflection
Detailing Requirements Modification Overstrength Amplification
Seismic Design Category
are Specified Coefficient, Ra Factor, Ω0 g Factor, Cd b
B C Dd Ed Fe
TABLE 12.2-1 DESIGN COEFFICIENTS AND FACTORS FOR SEISMIC FORCE–RESISTING SYSTEMS (continued)
Structural System Limitations
and Building Height (ft) Limitc
Seismic Force-Resisting System ASCE 7 Section where Response System Deflection
Detailing Requirements Modification Overstrength Amplification
Seismic Design Category
are Specified Coefficient, Ra Factor, Ω0 g Factor, Cd b
B C Dd Ed Fe
dual systems, the more stringent system limitation contained in deflection amplification factor, Cd , and the system over strength
Table 12.2-1 shall apply and the design shall comply with the factor, 0 , used for the design at any story shall not be less than
requirements of this section. the largest value of this factor that is used in the same direction
at any story above that story.
12.2.3.1 R, Cd , and Ω0 Values for Vertical Combinations. The
value of the response modification coefficient, R, used for design EXCEPTIONS:
at any story shall not exceed the lowest value of R that is used 1. Rooftop structures not exceeding two stories in height and 10 percent
in the same direction at any story above that story. Likewise, the of the total structure weight.