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Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures

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Abstract

  • Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures provides requirements for general structural design and the means for determining dead, live, soil, flood, wind, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, and earthquake loads, as well as their combinations, which are suitable for inclusion in building codes and other documents. This standard, a complete revision of ASCE/SEI 7-02, includes revised and significantly reorganized provisions for seismic design of structures, as well as revisions in the provisions for determining live, flood, wind, snow, and atmospheric ice loads. Supplement No. 1, which is included with the standard, ensures full and complete coordination between ASCE/SEI 7-05 and the 2006 International Building Code. The updates, which comprise Supplement No. 1, are seamlessly integrated into this volume and are not available anywhere else.

    ASCE/SEI 7-05 is an integral part of building codes in the United States. The earthquake load provisions in ASCE 7-05 are substantially adopted by reference in the 2006 International Building Code and the 2006 NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code. Many other provisions including calculations for wind and snow loads are also adopted by reference by both IBC and NFPA model building codes.

    Structural engineers, architects, and those engaged in preparing and administering local building codes will find this standard an essential reference in their practice.

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Front Matter
i–xxxi
    Chapter 1 General
    1–3
    Chapter 2 Combinations of Loads
    5–6
    Chapter 3 Dead Loads, Soil Loads, and Hydrostatic Pressure
    7–7
    Chapter 4 Live Loads
    9–13
    Chapter 5 Flood Loads
    15–19
    Chapter 6 Wind Loads
    21–80
    Chapter 7 Snow Loads
    81–93
    Chapter 8 Rain Loads
    95–95
    Chapter 9 Reserved for Future Provisions
    97–97
    Chapter 10 Ice Loads—Atmospheric Icing
    99–108
    Chapter 11 Seismic Design Criteria
    109–117
    Chapter 12 Seismic Design Requirements for Building Structures
    119–142
    Chapter 13 Seismic Design Requirements for Nonstructural Components
    143–152
    Chapter 14 Material-Specific Seismic Design and Detailing Requirements
    153–160
    Chapter 15 Seismic Design Requirements for Nonbuilding Structures
    161–173
    Chapter 16 Seismic Response History Procedures
    175–176
    Chapter 17 Seismic Design Requirements for Seismically Isolated Structures
    177–185
    Chapter 18 Seismic Design Requirements for Structures with Damping Systems
    187–199
    Chapter 19 Soil Structure Interaction for Seismic Design
    201–203
    Chapter 20 Site Classification Procedure for Seismic Design
    205–206
    Chapter 21 Site-Specific Ground Motion Procedures for Seismic Design
    207–208
    Chapter 22 Seismic Ground Motion and Long-Period Transition Maps
    209–233
    Chapter 23 Seismic Design Reference Documents
    235–238
    Appendix A Quality Assurance Provisions
    239–241
    Appendix B Existing Building Provisions
    243–243
    Appendix C Serviceability Considerations
    245–245
    Commentary
    247–383
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    Index
    385–388
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      Errata for Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE/SEI 7-05), by ASCE
      E1–E23
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        Supplement to Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE/SEI 7-05)
        S1–S3
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