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NATIONAL STANDARD OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA UDC P GB 50191-2012 Code for Seismic Design of Special Structures Issued on. MAY 28, 2012 Implemented on. OCTOBER 01, 2012 Issued by. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development; General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. NATIONAL STANDARD OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Code for Seismic Design of Special Structures Chief Development Department. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China Approval Department. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China Implementation Date. October 1, 2012 2012 Beijing Announcement of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of People's Republic of China No.1392

Table of Contents

Foreword... 8 1 General Provisions... 12 2 Terms and Symbols... 13 3 Basic Requirements... 17 4 Site, Soil and Foundation... 26 5 Earthquake Action and Seismic Checking for Structures... 40 6 Reinforced Concrete Frame-bent Structures... 53 7 Steel Frame-bent Structure... 83 8 Steel Structures for Boilers... 112 9 Silo... 118 10 Shaft Headframe... 128 11 Shaft Tower... 135 12 Hyperbolic Cooling Tower... 143 13 Television Tower... 151 14 Foundation of Petrochemical Tower-type Equipment... 157 15 Foundation of Coke Oven... 160 16 Belt-conveyor Corridor... 164 17 Pipe Support Framework... 172 18 Concentration Tank... 179 19 Foundation of Atmospheric Vertical Cylindrical Tank... 186 20 Foundation of Spherical Tank... 189 21 Foundation of Horizontal Equipment... 193 22 Structure of Blast Furnaces System... 195 23 Tailing Dam... 203 24 Cableway Support Framework... 206 25 Retaining Structure... 210 Appendix A The Earthquake Intensity, Basic Acceleration of Ground Motion and Design Earthquake Groups of Main Cities in China... 213 Appendix B Determination of Shear-wave Velocity of Soil Layer... 232 Appendix C Computational Condition of Plane Frame-bent Structure and Modified Coefficient of Spatial Seismic Action Effect... 234 Appendix D Seismic Design for the Core Zone of Column-beam Joint of Frames ... 243 Appendix E Simple Seismic Calculation of Wind Resisting Column for Gable Wall... 246 Appendix F Calculation of Lateral Displacement Stiffness and Internal Force of Steel Bracing Members... 249 Appendix G Lateral Displacement Stiffness of Props for Column-supported RC Square Silo with Beams... 258 Appendix H Displacement of Coke Oven Subjected to Unit Horizontal Force 260 Appendix J Calculation of Horizontal Seismic Action on Corridor... 264 Appendix K Simplified Calculation for the Earthquake-induced Liquefaction Discrimination of Tailing Dam... 267 Appendix L Basic Requirements for Seismic Time-history Analysis of Tailing Dam... 269 Appendix M Seismic Stability Analysis of Tailing Dam... 270 Appendix N Seismic Earth Pressure with Relative Displacement between Wall and Soil... 272 Explanation of Wording in This Code... 276 List of Quoted Standards... 277

1 General Provisions

1.0.1 This code is formulated with a view to implementing the national laws and regulations on the seismic protection and disaster mitigation and the prevention-first policy so that the special structures can relieve seismic damage after seismic fortification to avoid casualties or complete loss of use function and minimize economic loss. 1.0.2 This code is applicable to seismic design of special structures at the area with Intensity 6 ~ Intensity 9 seismic precautionary intensity. 1.0.3 The seismic precautionary objective for the special structures, subjected to the seismic design according to this code, within 50-year design service life. the main structure shall not be damaged or not required to be repaired and may continue in service in case of being suffered from the frequent earthquakes below seismic precautionary intensity of this area; the damaged structure may continue in service after general repair in case of being suffered from precautionary earthquake equivalent to seismic precautionary intensity of this area; the integral collapse shall be avoided in case of being suffered from the rare earthquake higher than seismic precautionary intensity of this area. 1.0.4 The special structures with Intensity 6 or above seismic precautionary intensity must be subjected to seismic design. 1.0.5 The seismic precautionary intensity and the design parameters of ground motion must be determined according to the documents (graphic documents) approved and issued by the national authority and adopted according to the approval documents. 1.0.6 The seismic precautionary intensity shall adopt the basic seismic intensity in the current national standard "Seismic Ground Motion Parameter Zonation Map of China" GB 18306 or the intensity corresponding to the design basic acceleration value of ground motion in this code. The engineering site subjected to the seismic safety evaluation should be subjected to seismic fortification according to approved seismic precautionary intensity or the design parameters of ground motion. 1.0.7 The seismic design of special structures shall meet not only the requirements stipulated in this code, but also the provisions of the related current national standards.

2 Terms and Symbols

2.1 Terms 2.1.1 Basic seismic intensity The seismic intensity that may be met at general site conditions with a probability over 10% within a term of 50 years, which is equivalent to the seismic intensity once in 475 years. 2.1.2 Seismic precautionary intensity The seismic intensity approved by national authority as the seismic precautionary basis of an area, generally using basic seismic intensity. 2.2 Symbols 2.2.1 Action and action effect FEk and FEvk -- Characteristic value for total horizontal and vertical earthquake action of the structure; 2.2.2 Material properties and resistance K -- Stiffness of structure (component); R -- Bearing capacity of structural component; f, fk, fE -- Design value, characteristic value and seismic design value of various material strength (including the bearing capacity of soil) respectively; E -- Elasticity modulus of the material; [θ] -- Displacement angle limit of structural layers. 2.2.3 Geometric parameters A -- Sectional area of component; As -- Sectional area of rebar; B -- Total width of structure; H -- Total height of structure, or the column height; L -- Total length of structure (unit); a -- Distance;

3 Basic Requirements

3.1 Category and Criterion for Seismic Precaution of Special Structures 3.2 Earthquake Strong Motion 3.3 Site and Base 3.3.1 In the selection of special structures site, the favourable section, ordinary section, unfavorable section and hazardous section shall be evaluated comprehensively according to the project planning, seismic activity and the relevant material for engineering geology and seismic geology. The unfavorable section shall be avoided; active seismic measures shall be taken if it is impossible to be avoided. 3.3.2 It is forbidden to construct Class A and Class B special structures on the hazardous section determined by the comprehensive evaluation. The Class C special structures shall not be constructed thereon. 3.4 Structural System and Seismic Design Requirements 3.4.1 The design of special structures shall make the plan, elevation and vertical profile regular. The irregular special structures shall be provided with the strengthening measures as required; the extremely irregular special structures shall be subjected to special research and demonstration and then be provided with particular strengthening measures; the severely irregular structural design scheme shall not be adopted. 3.5 Structural Analysis 3.6 Nonstructural Components 3.7 Materials and Construction

4 Site, Soil and Foundation

4.1 Site 4.1.1 In the selection of special structures site, the division of favorable, ordinary, unfavorable and hazardous sections for protection of the special structures against the earthquake shall be in accordance with those specified in Table 4.1.1. 4.1.4 The cover layer thickness at the special structures site shall be determined according to the following requirements. 4.1.5 The equivalent shear-wave velocity of soil layer shall be calculated according to the following formulae. 4.2 Foundations on Soil 4.2.1 For the following special structures, the seismic capacity checking of foundations on soil may not be carried out. 4.3 Liquefaction Soil 4.4 Seismic Subsidence of Soft Soil 4.4.1 The special structures on the soft soil in Intensities 6 and 7, when the soil and foundation meet the relevant requirements of the current national standard "Code for Building Foundation" GB 50007, may not consider the influence of seismic subsidence of the soil. 4.4.2 The seismic subsidence of soft soil layer in the soil may be evaluated with the following methods. 4.4.3 The special structures at Intensity 8 and Intensity 9, other than Class D special structures or those under the foundation base in which the non-soft soil layer thickness complies with those specified in Table 4.4.3, 4.6 Seismic Stability of Slope 4.6.1 For the special structures at Intensity 7, Intensity 8 and Intensity 9 and located nearby the slope, slope top or slope toe, the seismic stability of slope and its influence on special structures shall be determined through calculation analysis.

5 Earthquake Action and Seismic Checking for Structures

5.1 General Requirement 5.1.1 Earthquake action calculation of special structures shall meet the following requirements. 5.1.2 The seismic calculation of various special structures shall adopt the following methods respectively. 5.2 Horizontal Earthquake Action 5.2.1 In case of equivalent base shear method, the horizontal earthquake action calculation diagram of the structure may be according to Figure 5.2.1; the horizontal earthquake action and action effect shall meet the following requirements. 5.3 Vertical Earthquake Action 5.3.1 For the headframe and shaft tower, Television tower and the tube or tower structure with similar mass and stiffness distribution, the characteristic value of the vertical earthquake action (Figure 5.3.1) may be determined according to the following formulae. The vertical seismic action effect of structural layers may be distributed according to the proportion of representative value of gravity load borne by each component;

6 Reinforced Concrete Frame-bent Structures

6.1 General Requirement 6.1.1 This Chapter is applicable to seismic design of frame and bent frame structures which are composed of the reinforced concrete frame, frame-walls and bent frame. The applicable maximum height hereof shall meet the requirements specified in Table 6.1.1. 6.2 Essentials in Calculation 6.3 Details for Frame 6.3.1 The section size of the beam should meet the following requirements. 6.3.2 Arrangement of the beam rebar shall meet the following requirements. 6.3.3 Longitudinal rebar arrangement of the beam and spacing of stirrup legs at the beam end’s densified area shall meet the following requirements. 6.4 Details for Frame-walls 6.4.1 The thickness of seismic walls shall not be less than 160mm and should not be less than 1/20 of the storey height or non-support part length, the thickness of seismic walls for reinforced bottom part shall not be less than 200mm and should not be less than 1/16 of the storey height or non-support part length.

7 Steel Frame-bent Structure

7.1 General Requirement 7.1.1 This Chapter is applicable to the seismic design of the frame-bent structures which are composed of composite steel frame, composite steel frame-bracing and single-layer steel bent-frame. 7.2 Essentials in Calculation 7.2.1 The seismic influence coefficient of frame-bent structures shall be determined in accordance with that under frequent earthquakes as specified in Chapter 5 of this code; The calculation of horizontal earthquake action and action effect shall be carried out. The horizontal seismic influence coefficient hereof shall be multiplied by the damping adjustment coefficient. 7.2.2 In the calculating of earthquake action of frame-bent structures, the calculation of the bent-frame column, beam (or truss frame) and bracing stiffness in the model shall meet the following requirements. 7.4 Seismic Checking for Beam, Column and Joint 7.4.1 Except for special explanations or specifications in this Chapter, the seismic bearing capacity of all the frame-bent structures components and their joints shall be checked in accordance with the relevant requirements of the current national standard GB 50017 "Code for Design of Steel Structures"; the internal force of the structural components shall adopt the combined design value counted in the seismic action effect. 7.4.2 Checking of the overall stability for the frame beam may not be carried out for the floor (roofing) slab on the top of the frame beam, in case of one of the following conditions. 7.5.7 If the embedded column foot is adopted, the compressive strength of welding nails and concrete in embedded part shall meet the following requirements.

8 Steel Structures for Boilers

8.1 General Requirement 8.1.1 This Chapter is applicable to the seismic design of supporting-type and hanging boiler steel structures. 8.1.2 Boiler steel structures for thermal power plants, with the single machine capacity of 300MW or above or the planned capacity of 800MW or above shall belong to Class B special structures, and those with the single machine capacity of 300MW or below or the planned capacity of 800MW or below shall belong to Class C special structures. 8.1.3 The boiler steel structure should be an independent structure. The plant built closely to the boiler steel structure shall be arranged with seismic joints, and the width of the seismic joint shall be 1.5 times the width of the seismic joint of reinforced concrete structure. 8.2 Essentials in Calculation 8.3 Details for Steel Structure Boilers

9 Silo

9.1 General Requirement 9.1.1 This Chapter is applicable to the seismic design of the reinforced concrete, steel and masonry silos for storing bulk materials. 9.1.3 The silo structure shall be such selected to meet the requirements below. 9.1.6 Foundations of column-bearing silos in Class III and IV sites should be ring foundations or complete foundations, and measures to increase the integrity and stiffness of the foundation shall be taken. 9.2 Essentials in Calculation 9.2.1 As for the silo, its seismic influence coefficient shall be determined according to that under frequent earthquakes as specified in Chapter 5 of this code, and the earthquake action and the action effect shall also be calculated. 9.2.3 The horizontal earthquake action of the silo shall be such calculated to meet the requirements below. 9.2.4 When the horizontal earthquake action of the cylinder-bearing silo is calculated with the equivalent base shear method, the seismic action effect of the column-bearing buildings on the silo shall be multiplied by the amplified coefficient, and the value, thus obtained, of the reinforced concrete cylinder-bearing silo and the masonry silo may both be 4.0, and the value for the silo wall-grounding steel silo may be 3.0, but the amplified part shall not be passed downward. 9.2.5 If the horizontal earthquake action of the column-bearing silo is calculated with the equivalent base shear method, the requirements below shall be met. 9.2.6 In Class IV site at Intensity 8, and at Intensity 9, the additional horizontal earthquake action caused by gravity second-order effect shall be counted for the column-bearing silo, and the corresponding characteristic value may be calculated according to the following formulae. 9.3 Details for Silos ......
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