Heirarchy of ASCE standards?
Heirarchy of ASCE standards?
(OP)
Hello all,
I've been trying to find out how various ASCE standards relate to one another but without any success. They are:
ASCE/SEI 41-06 Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings
ASCE 4-98 Seismic Analysis of Safety Related Nuclear Structures
ASCE/SEI 31-03 Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings
Ok 31-03 and 41-06 are complimentary but how does 4-98 figure into the equation? Is it an entirely seperate standard or is it superseded by the more modern ones? Do the more modern standards refer out to 4-98? Without buying the standards there doesn't seem to be any way to check!
Many thanks in advance, HM
I've been trying to find out how various ASCE standards relate to one another but without any success. They are:
ASCE/SEI 41-06 Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings
ASCE 4-98 Seismic Analysis of Safety Related Nuclear Structures
ASCE/SEI 31-03 Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings
Ok 31-03 and 41-06 are complimentary but how does 4-98 figure into the equation? Is it an entirely seperate standard or is it superseded by the more modern ones? Do the more modern standards refer out to 4-98? Without buying the standards there doesn't seem to be any way to check!
Many thanks in advance, HM
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary - William of Occam





RE: Heirarchy of ASCE standards?
RE: Heirarchy of ASCE standards?
kind regards, HM
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary - William of Occam
RE: Heirarchy of ASCE standards?
RE: Heirarchy of ASCE standards?
Am based in the UK so maybe the Eurocodes are the best way to go. Several designers in the office have referenced the ASCE standards which was why i asked the original question. The way british standards are set up is that they (mostly) have a preamble where they state what a particular standard relies upon - what they call normative references.
Without buying the ASCE standards it appears from information on their website that the various standards are standalone.
Regards, HM
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary - William of Occam