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PART III. ALLOWABLE STRESS DESIGN (ASD) 177

ALTERNATIVE

C1. SCOPE
Part III has been included in these Seismic Provisions for designers that choose
to use ASD in the seismic design of steel structures. A limited Supplement to
the ASD Specification (AISC, 1989) has been issued (AISC, 2001). As noted
in Part I, the seismic requirements are collateral provisions related to the LRFD
Specification. Part I is based upon the limit-state seismic load model used in the
NEHRP Provisions (FEMA, 2000g). Since the seismic requirements in Part I
are based upon the expected nonlinear performance of a structure, the use of
ASD in its traditional form is somewhat complicated because a knowledge of
Design Strengths, not allowable stresses, is required to assure that connectors have
sufficient strength to allow nonlinear behavior of the connected member(s).
The provisions in Part III allow for the selection of members in an ASD format
to provide the performance intended in Part I. Part III is intended as an overlay to
Part I and, when using ASD, the designer will use Part I for the seismic design of
a structure except where a section is replaced by or modified by a section shown
in Part III.
Provisions have not been included for the use of ASD with the composite structural
steel and reinforced concrete systems, members, and connections in Part II because
ACI 318 is in limit-states format.

C4.2. Nominal Strength

The procedures in this section provide a methodology for the conversion of al-
lowable stresses into Nominal Strengths, in most cases by removing the factor of
safety from the ASD equations. These Nominal Strengths are converted to Design
Strengths when multiplied by the Resistance Factors given in Part III, Section 4.3.
In general, the Resistance Factors given are consistent with those in the LRFD
Specification.
The remainder of the provisions in Part III translate the provisions of Part I into
ASD terminology to correlate with the appropriate sections of ASD.

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