PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTION OF STEEL STRUCTURES : Study on performance based design of steel structural buildings Part 1

Abstract

Development of performance based design in US and Japan during the last decade was reviewed, from which it was ascertained that performance based design relies on common knowledge between designers and customers on building quality associated with cost by means of comprehensive description for performance levels The performance description is required to be meaningful for users, identifiable with damage, and quantifiable on limit states This paper attempted to propose such performance description satisfying the three requirements for steel structural buildings Performance was categorized into five levels, i e, functional, undamaged, reparable, life safe, and collapse Each level was visually illustrated for the sake of easy understanding for building users