mechanical platform kickers
mechanical platform kickers
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I'm designing a mechanical platform sitting on top of a roof. It's in seismic design category D. I was planning to use kickers to transfer the lateral load down to the roof diaphragm. Are these kickers considered an eccentrically braced frame and do they have to be designed and detailed as such? The workpoint at the bottom of the kickers is the centerline of a stub column and beam intersection. However, the top of the kickers lands in the middle of a condenser support beam. Thanks.






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But, does that mean it should still use the same R value as the building and have specially detailed frames supporting it also? Or should it be similar to any other component or partition attached to a floor and have its weight figured into the rest of the entire floor weight, and then use a 'component' R value for the elevated floor itself? I am somewhat perplexed on this one.
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