Seismic drift limitations are often in the realm of H/200 (using 0.020*hx and a Cd=4)…why so much more stringent for wind?
Doug Mayer, SE
From: Stuart, Matthew [mailto:mStuart@cmxengineering.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:18 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: RE: Deflection
H/400
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From: Doug Mayer [mailto:doug.mayer@taylorteter.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:15 PM
To: seaint@seaint.org
Subject: Deflection
When wind governs in your lateral system design, what is the building drift limitation? There doesn’t seem to be any specified building drift limitation for wind loads (that I can find) in the code. What do you wind country folks do?
Thanks,
Doug Mayer, SE