DaveAtkins
Structural
- Apr 15, 2002
- 2,882
I'm currently doing a casino project where the importance factor for wind is 1.15. This got me to thinking about something I've been meaning to post here--
Don't importance factors seem a little odd? In essence, when we INCREASE wind or seismic loads for assembly buildings, hospitals, etc., and DECREASE wind or seismic loads for agricultural structures, we are saying the lives of the large group of people at the assembly building or hospital are more valuable than the life of Farmer Brown, by himself in a pole building. Right?
DaveAtkins
Don't importance factors seem a little odd? In essence, when we INCREASE wind or seismic loads for assembly buildings, hospitals, etc., and DECREASE wind or seismic loads for agricultural structures, we are saying the lives of the large group of people at the assembly building or hospital are more valuable than the life of Farmer Brown, by himself in a pole building. Right?
DaveAtkins