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<strong>Seismic</strong> behaviour <strong>of</strong> steel storage pallet racking systems IVXINDEXINDEX ..................................................................................................................... IVCHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 11.1 Background ...................................................................................................... 11.2 The international situation................................................................................ 31.3 Overview <strong>of</strong> damage to steel pallet storage racks and content spillage ........... 51.4 Damage to steel pallet storage racks and content spillage in recent earthquakes............................................................................................................................. 101.4.1 Background ............................................................................................. 111.4.2 Damage reported in the 1987 Whittier earthquake.................................. 121.4.3 Damage reported in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ........................... 121.4.4 Damage reported in the 1992 Landers earthquake .................................. 131.4.5 Damage reported in the 1994 Northridge earthquake ............................. 131.4.5.1 Price Club, Northridge, California. .................................................. 131.4.5.2 Home Depot, Santa Clarita, California............................................. 131.4.5.3 Home Depot, Canoga Park, California............................................. 151.4.5.4 Home Depot, Glendale, California................................................... 151.4.5.5 Home Club, Canoga Park, California............................................... 161.4.6 Damage reported in the 2001 Nisqually earthquake ............................... 161.4.6.1 Home Depot, Olympia, Washington. ............................................... 161.4.7 Damage reported in the 2003 San Simeon earthquake............................ 161.5 Codes and Standards for storage racks - Previous researches ....................... 171.5.1 Recommendations for the design <strong>of</strong> static steel pallet racks under seismicconditions (Pr FEM 10.2.08, European Racking Federation, The Racking andShelving Product Group <strong>of</strong> the Federation Européenne de la Manutention).... 191.5.1.1 Definition <strong>of</strong> the intensity <strong>of</strong> the seismic action............................... 211.5.1.2 Earthquake design return period and importance factor γ I ............... 221.5.1.3 Design parameters for the seismic analysis...................................... 221.5.1.3.1 Design spectrum modification factor ........................................................ 221.5.1.3.2 Design seismic pallet weight..................................................................... 231.5.1.3.3 Pallet weight modification factor E D2 ........................................................ 231.5.1.3.4 Pallet sliding.............................................................................................. 241.5.1.4 Other seismic weights ...................................................................... 251.5.1.5 Position <strong>of</strong> the centre <strong>of</strong> gravity <strong>of</strong> the pallet ................................... 261.5.1.6 Methods <strong>of</strong> analysis.......................................................................... 271.5.1.7 Base shear force ............................................................................... 271.5.1.8 Combination <strong>of</strong> the horizontal components <strong>of</strong> the seismic action.... 281.5.1.9 Combination <strong>of</strong> the vertical component <strong>of</strong> the seismic action ......... 281.5.1.10 Displacements analysis .................................................................. 291.5.1.11 Regularity criteria........................................................................... 29

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