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5 Redundancy Reliability Factor

The document discusses reliability/redundancy factor, which is used to increase the seismic design capacity of structures that resist a large percentage of loads with few elements. It has a formula that considers vertical/horizontal earthquake components, ground floor area, and maximum element-story shear ratio. An example applies the factor to a special moment resisting frame, calculating the factor and showing it is below the limit. The factor ensures redundancy is incorporated during schematic design of moment frames.

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5 Redundancy Reliability Factor

The document discusses reliability/redundancy factor, which is used to increase the seismic design capacity of structures that resist a large percentage of loads with few elements. It has a formula that considers vertical/horizontal earthquake components, ground floor area, and maximum element-story shear ratio. An example applies the factor to a special moment resisting frame, calculating the factor and showing it is below the limit. The factor ensures redundancy is incorporated during schematic design of moment frames.

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RELIABILITY / REDUNDANCY FACTOR

What is Reliability/Redundancy Factor?


- Redundancy is a characteristic of structures in which multiple paths of resistance to loads are
provided.
- The advantage of structure that incorporates redundancy makes it less susceptible to problems
caused by design and construction.
- A structure with redundancy performs much better during earthquakes.
- Redundancy Factor was developed to increase the seismic design capacity for structures, in which a
large percentage of the total later load is resisted by a small number of elements.
Source : SEAOC, September 1999

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RELIABILITY / REDUNDANCY FACTOR

Reliability/Redundancy Factor Formula

VERTICAL EARTHQUAKE
COMPONENT
0.5 Ca I D

HORIZONTAL EARTHQUAKE
GROUND FLOOR AREA, m2
COMPONENT,
BASE SHEAR

MAXIMUM ELEMENT-STORY
RELIABLITY/REDUNDANCY
SHEAR RATIO
FACTOR

EARTHQUAKE LOAD,
USED FOR LOAD COMBINATION

RELIABILITY / REDUNDANCY FACTOR

Sample Application : Special Moment Resisting Frame (SMRF)


CALCULATE FOR THE GROUND FLOOR AREA
AB = 21m x 36m = 756m2

COLUMN SHEARS
Eh = VA, VB, VC, VD

REFER TO FOR ELEMENT STORY SHEAR RATIO


UBC 1997 – SECTION 1630.1.1
NSCP 2015 – SECTION 208.6.1

ELEMENT STORY SHEAR RATIO


ri = Vi
(VA + 0.7 VB ) or (0.7VB + 0.7 VC ) or (0.7VC + VD )

Vi = STOREY SHEAR AT THAT LEVEL

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RELIABILITY / REDUNDANCY FACTOR

Sample Application : Special Moment Resisting Frame (SMRF)


CALCULATE FOR REDUNDANCY FACTOR

ρ = 1.17 < 1.25 OK!

RELIABILITY / REDUNDANCY FACTOR

Sample Application : Special Moment Resisting Frame (SMRF)


FOR SCHEMATIC DESIGN

WE APPLY REDUNDANCY DURING SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE BY


USING THE 1.25 LIMIT AS STATED IN UBC 1997 WHEN
CONSIDERING A MOMENT RESISTING FRAME.

THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT DURING SCHEMATIC PHASE


REDUNDANCY IS INCORPORATED IN THE CONCEPTUALIZATION
FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.

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Thank you for your attention!


End of Presentation!

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