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Overstrength factor and concrete

Overstrength factor and concrete

Overstrength factor and concrete

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I've read several of the topics on the overstrength factor, but they mostly refer to steel (brittle bolted connections vs ductile connections).

How about if I am designing a concrete moment frame for gravity and seismic forces?  Overall I divide my seismic forces by R.  Given those forces, I can straightaway design, say, the midspan using those seismic forces?  For connections, I multiply the connection seismic forces by Omega (to almost negate the R factor)?  Do I only need to multiply by Omega for special and intermediate moment frames?

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