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FEMA 453 Design Guidance for Shelters and Safe Rooms

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Unless sited in a seismic zone, concrete frame structures are not<br />

typically designed <strong>and</strong> detailed to develop large inelastic de<strong>for</strong>mations<br />

<strong>and</strong> withst<strong>and</strong> significant load reversals. As a point of<br />

reference, a building with 8-inch thick rein<strong>for</strong>ced concrete loadbearing<br />

exterior walls <strong>and</strong> interior columns is likely to suffer heavy<br />

damage in response to 500 pounds of TNT at a distance of 70 feet<br />

or less. The exterior façade is likely to be damaged in response to<br />

an exterior detonation <strong>and</strong> debris may be minimized by means of<br />

rein<strong>for</strong>ced masonry, sufficiently detailed precast panels, or laminated<br />

glass façade. Nevertheless, a shelter within concrete frame<br />

<strong>and</strong> shearwall buildings would best be located within interior<br />

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

Structural deSign criteria<br />

Figure 2- 2<br />

c concrete frames with<br />

infill masonry shearwalls<br />

2-

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