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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
Amendment No. 2
to
AS 1170.4—2007
Structural design actions
Part 4: Earthquake actions in Australia
REVISED TEXT
The 2007 edition of AS 1170.4 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the appropriate
places.
SUMMARY: This Amendment applies to the Preface, Clauses 1.1, 1.2, 1.3.8, 1.4, 2.2, 3.3 and 4.2.2, Figures 2.2
and 3.2(A) to 3.2(G), Tables 2.1, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3, Appendix A and Bibliography.
Published on 22 February 2018.
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No. 2
FEB Replace the term ‘hazard factor (Z)’ with ‘hazard design factor (Z)’ wherever it occurs.
2018
AMDT Preface
No. 2
FEB Delete the text and replace with the following:
2018
This Standard was prepared by the Australian members of Joint Standards
Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee BD-006, General Design Requirements and
Loading on Structures, to supersede AS 1170.4—1993, Minimum design loads on
structures, Part 4: Earthquake loads.
This Standard incorporates Amendment No. 1 (August 2015) and Amendment No. 2
(February 2018). The changes required by the Amendments are indicated in the text by a
marginal bar and amendment number against the clause, note, table, figure or part thereof
affected.
After consultation with stakeholders in both countries, Standards Australia and Standards
New Zealand decided to develop this Standard as an Australian Standard rather than an
Australian/New Zealand Standard.
The objective of this Standard is to provide designers of structures with earthquake actions
and general detailing requirements for use in the design of structures subject to earthquakes.
This Standard is Part 4 of the 1170 series, Structural design actions, which comprises the
following parts. Parts 0, 1 and 5 have a commentary document published as a Supplement:
AS/NZS
1170 Structural design actions
1170.0 Part 0: General principles
1170.1 Part 1: Permanent, imposed and other actions
1170.2 Part 2: Wind actions
1170.3 Part 3: Snow and ice actions
AS
1170.4 Part 4: Earthquake actions in Australia (this Standard)
NZS
1170.5 Part 5: Earthquake actions—New Zealand
TABLE 3.3
MINIMUM kpZ VALUES FOR AUSTRALIA
Annual probability
Minimum value of kp Z
of exceedance
1/500 0.08
1/1000 0.10
1/1500 0.12
1/2000 0.14
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1/2500 0.15
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FEB
2018
No. 2
AMDT Figures 3.2(A) to 3.2(G)
AND TASMANIA
Delete Figures 3.2(A) to 3.2(G) and replace with the following:
FIGURE 3.2(A) HAZARD DESIGN FACTOR (Z) FOR NEW SOUTH WALES, VICTORIA
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FIGURE 3.2(D)
AUSTRALIA
HAZARD DESIGN FACTOR (Z) FOR SOUTH-WEST OF WESTERN
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FIGURE 3.2(E)
HAZARD DESIGN FACTOR (Z) FOR NORTHERN TERRITORY
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FIGURE 3.2(F)
HAZARD DESIGN FACTOR (Z) FOR QUEENSLAND
HAZARD DESIGN FACTOR (Z)
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FIGURE 3.2(G)
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2018
No. 2
AMDT
5100
5100.2
Bibliography
Bridge design
Part 2: Design loads
Add the following to the list of Australian Standards:
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