CHAPTER 16 STRUCTURAL DESIGN - eCodes

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CHAPTER 16STRUCTURAL DESIGNSECTION provisions of this CHAPTER shall govern thestructural DESIGN of buildings, structures and portions thereofregulated by this :Buildings and structures located within thehigh-velocity hurricane zone shall comply with the provi-sions of Sections 1615 through 1626, and, as applicable inflood hazard areas, Section 1602DEFINITIONS AND following words and terms shall, forthe purposes of this CHAPTER , have the meanings shown STRESS method of proportion-ing STRUCTURAL members, such that elastically computed stressesproduced in the members bynominal loadsdo not exceed spec-ified allowable stresses (also called working stress DESIGN ).BASE DESIGN lateral force or shear at the weight of materials of constructionincorporated into the building, including but not limited towalls, floors, roofs, ceilings, stairways, built-in partitions, fin-ishes, cladding and other similarly incorporated architecturaland STRUCTURAL items, and the weight of fixed service equipment,such as cranes, plumbing stacks and risers, electrical feeders,heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems andautomatic sprinkler product of the nominal strengthand a resistance factor (or strength reduction factor).

CHAPTER 16 STRUCTURAL DESIGN SECTION 1601 GENERAL 1601.1 Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the structural design of buildings, structures and portions thereof

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