Abstract
In this paper (Part V), a fundamental new concept of ultimate aseismic structural design is introduced, and its application method is proposed on the basis of the "Resonance-Fatigue-Characteristics" of structural materials and elements discussed on experimentally and analytically in the previous papers (Part I)-(Part IV). The quantitative estimation of ultimate aseismic structural safety is performed by the direct comparison of (General) Resonance-Fatigue-Characteristics of structures (Fig. 10) with Period-Number of Waves-Characteristics of earthquake excitations (Figs. 8, 9), so the index, deterministic value d_s (Eq. 9) or probabilistic value p_s (Eq. 16), is able to be calculated. The purpose of ultimate aseismic structural design is to make such an index maximum.
