Abstract
This building has been designed in the form of a composite construction of steel and reinforced concrete and is featured by its shear walls which are to act as the principal load carrying elements. For the purpose of this structural design, the known data on buildings' response to earthquakes have been referred to, and then, further in the course of design, the rigidity of the proposed structure has been computed and the analysis has computer to determine the linear load-defermation relationship. The results thus obtained have been adapted to been made by the aid of SERAC analog computer to determine the linear load-deformation relationship. The results thus of tained have been adapted to the anticipated deformation in plastic range. Because of the absence of the records of strong earthquakes in the site of the building (Takamatsu, Shikoku Island), the wave patterns of E1 Centro, Taft and Saitama earthquakes and that of Echizen-Oki earthquake as recorded in Kinki Region, which are all commonly used for this sort of purpose, have been adopted for this response analysis. (The maximum acceleration due to the foregoing earthquakes has been taken at 0.33 of the acceleration due to gravity.)
