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Seismic design of low-rise steel buildings with flexible steel roof deck diaphragms - a Canadian perspective

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Medium: journal article
Language(s): English
Published in: Steel Construction, , n. 4, v. 4
Page(s): 242-250
DOI: 10.1002/stco.201110032
Abstract:

Single-storey steel buildings in Canada are generally designed with a steel roof deck diaphragm to resist and transfer lateral loads to the vertical bracing system. Current Canadian seismic design provisions for these buildings are reviewed here with a focus on the design of the roof diaphragms. An equivalent static analysis method is generally used for these structures and comprehensive capacity design principles are applied to achieve a proper strength hierarchy in order to develop the intended yielding mechanism along the lateral load path. The method is illustrated with the help of a numerical example. The influence of roof diaphragm in-plane flexibility on the dynamic seismic response is discussed.

Keywords:
steel diaphragm deck single-storey building design seismic period flexibility
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    08/05/2012
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