Minimum design loads for buildings and other structures / American Society of Civil Engineers

Includes index.

Chapter 1 General-- Chapter 2 Combinations of Loads-- Chapter 3 Dead Loads, Soil Loads, and Hydrostatic Pressure-- Chapter 4 Live Load--; Chapter 5 Flood Loads-- Chapter 6 Reserved for Future Provisions-- Chapter 7 Snow Loads- Chapter 8 Rain Loads-- Chapter 9 Reserved for Future Provisions-- Chapter 10 Ice Loads-Atmospheric Icing-- Chapter 11 Seismic Design Criteria-- Chapter 12 Seismic Design Requirements for Building Structures-- Chapter 13 Seismic Design Requirements for Nonstructural Components-- Chapter 14 Material Specific Seismic Design and Detailing Requirements-- Chapter 15 Seismic Design Requirements for Nonbuilding Structures-- Chapter 16 Seismic Response History Procedures-- Chapter 17 Seismic Design Requirements for Seismically Isolated Structures-- Chapter 18 Seismic Design Requirements for Structures with Damping Systems-- Chapter 19 Soil-Structure Interaction for Seismic Design-- Chapter 20 Site Classification Procedure for Seismic Design-- Chapter 21 Site-Specific Ground Motion Procedures for Seismic Design-- Chapter 22 Seismic Ground Motion Long-Period Transition and Risk Coefficient Maps-- Chapter 23 Seismic Design Reference Documents-- Chapter 26 Wind Loads: General Requirements-- Chapter 27 Wind Loads on Buildings-MWFRS (Directional Procedure)-- Chapter 28 Wind Loads on Buildings-MWFRS (Envelope Procedure)-- Chapter 29 Wind Loads on Other Structures and Building Appurtenances-MWFRS-- Chapter 30 Wind Loads-Components and Cladding (C&C)-- Chapter 31 Wind Tunnel Procedure-- Appendix 11A Quality Assurance Provisions-- Appendix 11B Existing Building Provisions-- Appendix C Serviceability Considerations-- Appendix D Buildings Exempted from Torsional Wind Load Cases-- Commentary for Chapters 1-10-- Commentary for Chapters 26-31 (wind)-- Commentary for Appendixes C and D

Prepared by the Committee on Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures of the Codes and Standards Activities Division of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE. Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE/SEI 7-10, provides requirements for general structural design and includes means for determining dead, live, soil, flood, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, earthquake, and wind loads, as well as their combinations, which are suitable for inclusion in building codes and other documents. This Standard, a revision of ASCE/SEI 7-05, offers a complete update and reorganization of the wind load provisions, expanding them from one chapter into six. The Standard contains new ultimate event wind maps with corresponding reductions in load factors, so that the loads are not affected, and updates the seismic loads with new risk-targeted seismic maps. The snow, live, and atmospheric icing provisions are updated as well. In addition, the Standard includes a detailed Commentary with explanatory and supplementary information designed to assist building code committees and regulatory authorities. The third printing of Standard ASCE/SEI 7-10 incorporates errata and includes Supplement 1. In addition, the seismic commentary has been expanded and completely revised. Standard ASCE/SEI 7 is an integral part of building codes in the United States. Many of the load provisions are substantially adopted by reference in the International Building Code and the NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code. Structural engineers, architects, and those engaged in preparing and administering local building codes will find the structural load requirements essential to their practice.