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FEMA P 807 2012

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FEMA P-807, Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Multi-Unit Wood-Frame Buildings With Weak First Stories

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FEMA 2012 336
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1 Seismic Evaluation and Retrofitof Multi-Unit Wood-FrameBuildings With Weak FirstStories
3 TitlePage
5 Foreword
7 Preface
9 Table of Contents
15 List of Figures
25 List of Tables
27 Glossary
33 Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Earthquake Risks of Multi-Unit Weak-Story Wood-Frame Buildings
34 1.2 Weak-Story Building Characteristics
36 1.3 Engineering Codes and Standards
38 1.4 Purpose and Intended Use of the Guidelines
42 1.5 Validation
1.6 The Weak-Story Tool
1.7 Guidelines Organization and Content
45 Chapter 2: Technical Overfiew
47 2.1 Statistical Basis
2.2 Modeling Actual and Surrogate Structures
50 2.3 Acceptability Criteria
53 2.4 Critical Deficiencies
54 2.5 Retrofit Design Philosophy
57 2.6 Limitations and Eligibility Requirements
65 Chapter 3: Simplified Evaluation
3.1 Purpose
3.2 Simplified Evaluation Procedure
66 3.3 Building Survey
67 3.4 Building Characterization
71 3.5 Simplified Evaluation of Seismic Performance
73 Chapter 4: Structure Characterization for Detailed Evaluation
4.1 Introduction
74 4.2 Wall Materials
4.3 Detailed Building Survey
75 4.4 Load-Drift Curves for Common Sheathing Materials
79 4.5 Wall Line Load-Drift Curves
89 4.6 Determine Strength of Each Story
96 4.7 Characteristic Coefficients
101 Chapter 5: Detailed Evaluation
5.1 Evaluation Steps
103 5.2 Calculate the Median Spectral AccelerationCapacity
104 5.3 Calculate the Spectral Acceleration Capacity
106 5.4 Evaluate the Existing Structure
109 Chapter 6: Retrofit
6.1 Retrofit Scope
111 6.2 Retrofit Strength
117 6.3 Locating Retrofit Elements
120 6.4 Confirmed Performance of the Retrofitted Structure
123 6.5 Retrofit Element Selection and Design
129 Chapter 7: Alternative Performance Assessment
7.1 Purpose
7.2 Assessment Background
7.3 Interstory Drift Limits
130 7.4 Spectral Acceleration Capacity
131 7.5 Estimating the Drift Limit Probability of Exceedance
135 Appendix A: Guide to Weak-Story Tool
A.1 Introduction
A.2 Obtaining the Weak-Story Tool
A.3 System Requirements
A.4 Weak-Story Tool Installation
136 A.5 Basic Controls
A.6 General Building Properties and Geometry
138 A.7 CAD Interface
141 A.8 Defining Sheathing Assemblies
145 A.9 Assigning Level Properties and Laying Out Walls
149 A.10 Evaluation and Retrofit Summary
157 Appendix B: Model Provisions for Mitigation Programs
B.1 Targeted Mitigation Programs
161 B.2 Program Performance Objectives
163 B.3 Model Provisions and Commentary
189 Appendix C: Example Calculations
191 C.1 Simplified Evaluation (Chapter 3)
195 C.2 Structure Characterization and Evaluation (Chapters4 and 5)
197 C.3 Retrofit (Chapter 6)
205 C.4 Torsion Calculations (Chapters 3 and 4)
215 Appendix D: Characterization of Existing Materials
D.1 Introduction
D.2 Research Addressing Wall Bracing Materials
219 D.3 Load-Deflection Backbone
243 D.4 Recommended Descriptions of Wall BracingMaterials
244 D.5 Adjustment Factor for Combinations of BracingMaterials
246 D.6 Adjustment Factor for Openings in the Wall Line
247 D.7 Adjustment Factor for Overturning
248 D.8 Drift Adjustment for First-Story Wall-Line Height
249 D.9 Descriptions of Damage versus Drift
268 D.10 Recommended Future Research
271 Appendix E: Detailed Analytical Background
E.1 Purpose
E.2 General
277 E.3 Modeling Details
284 E.4 Ground Acceleration Records
E.5 Translational Analyses
308 E.6 Torsional Analyses
315 Appendix F: Validation of Analysis Methods
F.1 Purpose
F.2 The Building Under Consideration
316 F.3 Differences in Scope of Analysis
317 F.4 Differences in Analytical Methods
322 F.5 Comparison of Results
325 F.6 The Optimal Retrofit for Relative Strength
326 F.7 Conclusions
329 20- References
335 21-ProjectParticipants
FEMA P 807 2012
$39.00