8A. ANALYSIS Part 1: NEW BUILDINGS

CHAPTER 8A 'ANALYSIS' 56 in case the designer wants to take into account in the pushover a spectrum other than EC8-1. Paragraph 5.7.4.2 of the EIA Code states that the spectrum used is that of EC8. The program by default uses this spectrum. If the designer wants to take into account the spectrum of earthquake-fire victims, he/she checks the option "Check Earthquake-Fire Victims" and the program takes into account this spectrum or any other spectrum entered "manually" in the table of values. Also when the earthquake- firefatality spectrum is selected, it prints only the one targeted for performance level B. The Objective for the Assessment and Design of the load-bearing structure of reinforced concrete buildings is a combination of: of a Performance Level: a "Significant Damage" (B) level is defined for all cases, of a Seismic Action (design earthquake): according to the CATEGORY (KI, KII) of the building. To check the earthquake-fire victims, first activate the corresponding checkbox . Then you define the "Category of buildings" according to the Government Gazette 455/25-2-14 or Government Gazette 2775/18-12-15 where two categories of existing earthquake-affected- fire-affected buildings made of reinforced concrete (I, II) are distinguished, depending on the method of seismic calculation with which they were designed. i. For buildings of category KI: