‘The Seventh Asian-Pacific Sympesium on Structural Reliability and Is Applications (APSSRA2020) Figure 2 shows the design procedure for RC buildings. ais the surcharge factor that depends on the conerete strength, rw is the horizontal area of shear wall [mm']. Ac is the horizontal area of columns [mm’]. Z is the location coefficient ofthe ground motion. W is the upper weight of| the building [kN]. Ai is the distribution coefficient of seismic base shear force coefficient. Qs is the horizontal load bearing capacity [kN]. Quis the required horizontal load bearing capacity [KN]. Ds is the structural characteristic coefficient, ais shape coefficient. a isthe horizontal force generated on each floor by seismic force [kN ‘October 4-7 2020, Tokyo, Japan T. Takada, I. Yoshida & T. Itoi (editors) G+P+W.G+P+0a5s+W © GHP+K © G+P+0355+K o For snow and wind, S0-year retum period values, which were derived from AIJ (1996), were used in conjunction with the equation. For ground motion, Co= 0.2 ‘may be assumed to be equivalent to the S0-year return period value at Tokyo (AL! 2007). 3. Regulations Related to Serviceabi Building Standard Law There is a regulation in the Japanese Building Standard Law Enforcement Order: “In case of specified by the Minister, it shall be confirmed by the method specified by the Minister, that any deformation or vibration of structural members constituting elements required for structural resistance will not have adverse effects on the use of the building concerned” (BSL Enforcement Order 82-4. 3.1 Vertical deflection - method 1 Method | is specified by the Minister for confirmation of obstruction to the use (Ministry of Construction 2000a) as follows: in Japanese Table 1. Regulations in beams and slabs. Figure 3. Structural design flowchart for steel buildings in Japan, Figure 3 shows the structural design flow for steel buildings. fis the horizontal force sharing ratio of bracing. As you can see in Figures 2 and 3, except for route 3, primary design, i.e. allowable stress design for the following situations, are dominant. For ordinarily actions, Eq. (1) for general area and Eq. (2) for snowy area, ‘ordinarily allowable stress are used a+P o G+P +075 Q For emergency actions, Eq, (3) for heavy snow, Eq. (4) for strong wind on general area, Eq. (5) for strong wind on snowy area, Eg. (6) for strong ground motion on general area and Eq. (7) for strong ground motion on snowy area, ‘emergency allowable stress are used: G+P+s @ G+P+w @ Pave baiing ea Tan inne oT wots] icotone tesomeiwae | >t “ _remaindcr of this table) un Derg tinal os comineltefontiemnih | ¢ 1 Cons he rvs of sueststaue | MUITNueon No 35 ot 0, ane hea Beam e 1 Pers ating caer) | = Reinforced = coraetn) | rooraub amie | Beam a1 a TeaiawenC aoe D ‘inoue i Ti ly Tam > Taneted inven acrated concrete Floor slab rT ‘nla Tn ths table, D and Froprsont We Tliowing vals respecively frthickness of floor sab (om i effective length ofthe short side ofthe flor slab (Inthe ease of deck plate or autoclaved lightweight arated concrete panels, Asians Between support pons) [ms] _: depth of the beam (mm {effective length ofthe beam [mn This regulation stipulates the thickness of floor slabs or size of beams directly with engineering judgement that is corresponding to serviceability metaphorically.