- Author
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National Bureau of Standards
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Applied Technology Council
- Title
- Tentative Provisions for the Development of Seismic Regulations for Buildings. Final report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Applied Technology Council, Palo Alto, CA
- Sponsor
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS SP 510; ATC 3-06; NSF 78-8
June 1978
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NSF-AG-464
- Keywords
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earthquake resistant structures; buildings; structural design; building codes; foundations; construction materials; quality assurance; construction management; design criteria
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seismic design
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structural systems
- Identifiers
- earthquake engineering; seismic design; soil structure interactions; seismic risk
- Abstract
- This document contains tentative seismic design provisions for use in the development of seismic code regulations for design and construction of buildings. The provisions represent the result of a concerted effort by a multidisciplinary team of nationally recognized experts in earthquake engineering. Design professionals, researchers, Federal agency representatives, staffs from the model code organizations and representatives from state and local governments from throughout the United States were involved. The provisions are comprehensive in nature and deal with earthquake resistant design of the structural system, architectural and non-structural elements and mechanical-electrical systems in buildings. Both new and existing buildings are included. They embody several new concepts which are significant departures from existing seismic design provisions. An extensive commentary documenting the basis for the provisions is included.