sametallica
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I have two questions. The building is in the 3rd degree earthquake zone, 5 floors, My first question; Even if there is only an elevator curtain in the building, calculation is made as a frame in one direction and a curtain in the other direction. I cannot interfere with this. Normally, I take R=4 as a basis for the frame system in the x direction and make normal ductility. In the y direction, the template guides me automatically, I can't go beyond the mixed system because there is a number like Min as 0.4985. The real question is here, according to the earthquake code, there is the phrase "Systems with a high ductility level in one earthquake direction or mixed and perpendicular to it and normal in the other earthquake direction will be counted as systems with normal ductility level in both directions." I cannot change the mixed system according to the template, the regulation forces me to make it ductile in the x direction. When it says "normal systems" in the regulation, should it be converted to a normal system, or does the program make this evaluation within itself? My second question is, there is another building that is calculated as a frame in one direction and a curtain system in the other, the basement I mentioned first. Here again, I choose normal ductile in the x direction and mixed in the y direction, a figure like Min as 0.189 comes out and this leads me to correct it as high ductile in the y direction. So, at this point, is there any harm in solving normal in one direction and high ductility in the other direction? :?: