International Building Code [ 2000 (First Printing) ] Chapter 16 - Structural Design SECTION 1601 GENERAL SECTION 1602 DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1603 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SECTION 1604 GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS SECTION 1605 LOAD COMBINATIONS SECTION 1606 DEAD LOADS SECTION 1607 LIVE LOADS SECTION 1608 SNOW LOADS SECTION 1609 WIND LOADS SECTION 1610 SOIL LATERAL LOAD SECTION 1611 RAIN LOADS SECTION 1612 FLOOD LOADS SECTION 1613 EARTHQUAKE LOADS DEFINITIONS SECTION 1614 EARTHQUAKE LOADSGENERAL SECTION 1615 EARTHQUAKE LOADSSITE GROUND MOTION SECTION 1616 EARTHQUAKE LOADSCRITERIA SELECTION SECTION 1617 EARTHQUAKE LOADS-- MINIMUM DESIGN LATERAL FORCE AND RELATED EFFECTS SECTION 1618 DYNAMIC ANALYSIS PROCEDURE FOR THE SEISMIC DESIGN OF BUILDINGS SECTION 1619 EARTHQUAKE LOADS SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION EFFECTS SECTION 1620 EARTHQUAKE LOADSDESIGN, DETAILING REQUIREMENTS AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENT LOAD EFFECTS SECTION 1621 ARCHITECTURAL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENT SEISMIC DESIGN REQUIREMENTS SECTION 1622 NONBUILDING STRUCTURES SEISMIC DESIGN REQUIREMENTS SECTION 1623 SEISMICALLY ISOLATED STRUCTURES

1617.1 Seismic load effect E and Em 1617.2 Redundancy. 1617.3 Deflection and drift limits. 1617.4 Equivalent lateral force procedure for seismic design of buildings. 1617.5 Simplified analysis procedure for seismic design of buildings. 1617.6 Seismic-force-resisting systems. Top Previous Section Next Section To view the next subsection please select the Next Section option. 1617.3 Deflection and drift limits. The design story drift, , as determined in Section 1617.4.6 or 1617.5.3, shall not exceed the allowable story drift, a, as obtained from Table 1617.3 for any story. All portions of the building shall be designed to act as an integral unit in resisting seismic forces unless separated structurally by a distance sufficient to avoid

damaging contact under total deflection, x , as determined in Section 1617.4.6.1. TABLE 1617.3 ALLOWABLE STORY DRIFT, DAa (inches) SEISMIC USE GROUP BUILDING Buildings, other than masonry shear wall or masonry wall frame buildings, four stories or less in height with interior walls, partitions, ceilings, and exterior wall systems that have been designed to accommodate the story drifts Masonry cantilever shear wall buildingsc Other masonry shear wall buildings Masonry wall frame buildings All other buildings For SI: 1 inch = 25.4 mm. I II III

0.025 hSXb

0.020 hSX

0.015 hSX

0.010 hSX 0.007 hSX 0.013 hSX 0.020 hSX

0.010 hSX 0.007 hSX 0.013 hSX 0.015 hSX

0.010 hSX 0.007 hSX 0.010 hSX 0.010 hSX

a. There shall be no drift limit for single-story buildings with interior walls, partitions, ceilings and exterior wall systems that have been designed to accommodate the story drifts. b. hSX is the story height below Level x. c. Buildings in which the basic structural system consists of masonry shear walls designed as vertical elements cantilevered from their base or foundation support which are so constructed that moment transfer between shear walls (coupling) is negligible. Top Previous Section Next Section To view the next subsection please select the Next Section option. COPYRIGHT 2007 by INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, powered by citation