4.1.8.4.(4)

Objective

OS2 Structural Safety

Attribution

Intent

Intent 1:

To limit the probability that the calculation of effects due to earthquake will not take into account the properties of the site response, which could lead to structural failure, which could lead to harm to persons.

Intent 2:

To clarify how intermediate values of the acceleration- and velocity-based site coefficients, Fa and Fv, are to be determined.

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