Signiacance of Architectural Institute of Japan's Recommendations for Loads and Overview of 2015 Revision
By T. Takada
Concrete Journal, Vol.54, No.4, Apr. 2016
- Synopsis
- This commentary covers the significance for practical design of the Architectural Institute of Japan's Recommendations for Loads on Buildings revised in 2015 and includes an overview of the changes made from the previous edition, providing an introduction to, among specific types of loads, seismic loads, and the newly added tsunami loads and impact loads. In terms of their significance, these Recommendations are distinguished by the fact that they present "appropriate design load values" from the viewpoint of society, building owners, and designers, as opposed to the "minimum values" to which laws and regulations are limited to. Another distinguishing feature of these Recommendations is that they organize the various types of loads in a unified manner and that they provide load setthg methods that do not depend on the design method used and the target building, along with the latest objective data.
- Keywords:
- appropriate design load, basic value of load, probability and statistics, seismic loads, tsunami loads, impact loads
