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FEMA 453 Design Guidance for Shelters and Safe Rooms

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esponse to 500 pounds of TNT at a st<strong>and</strong>-off distance of 50 feet<br />

or less. The first floor steel columns of existing buildings may<br />

be concrete encased <strong>and</strong> first floor splices may be rein<strong>for</strong>ced to<br />

increase their resistance to local failure that could precipitate a<br />

progression of collapse. The exterior façade is likely to be damaged<br />

in response to an exterior detonation <strong>and</strong> debris may be<br />

minimized by means of rein<strong>for</strong>ced masonry, sufficiently detailed<br />

precast panels, or laminated glass façade. Nevertheless, a shelter<br />

within these buildings would best be located within interior space<br />

or a building core, preferably enclosed on one or more sides by<br />

the shear walls. Existing masonry infill walls may be retrofitted<br />

to supplement existing rein<strong>for</strong>cement by either grouting cables<br />

within holes cored within the walls or with a spray-on application<br />

of a shotcrete <strong>and</strong> welded wire fabric or a polyurea debris catch<br />

membrane. Alternatively, hardened interior partitions may easily<br />

be constructed <strong>and</strong> anchored to existing floor slabs, <strong>and</strong> lightweight<br />

metal stud walls may be used to retrofit existing buildings.<br />

2.6.4 c1, c2, <strong>and</strong> c3 concrete moment<br />

Frames, concrete <strong>and</strong> infill masonry<br />

Shearwalls – type 1 Bearing Walls <strong>and</strong><br />

type 2 gravity Frames<br />

These buildings consist of a frame assembly of cast-in-place<br />

concrete beams <strong>and</strong> columns. Floor <strong>and</strong> roof framing consists<br />

of cast-in-place concrete slabs, concrete beams, one-way joists,<br />

two-way waffle joists, or flat slabs. Lateral <strong>for</strong>ces are resisted by<br />

concrete moment frames that develop their stiffness through<br />

monolithic beam-column connections (see Figure 2-29). In<br />

older construction, or in regions of low seismicity, the moment<br />

frames may consist of the column strips of two-way flat slab systems.<br />

Modern frames in regions of high seismicity have joint<br />

rein<strong>for</strong>cing, closely spaced ties, <strong>and</strong> special detailing to provide<br />

ductile per<strong>for</strong>mance. This detailing is not present in older construction.<br />

Foundations consist of concrete spread footings or<br />

deep pile foundations.<br />

Structural deSign criteria<br />

2-

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