Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings



PREFACE

This Preface is not a part of ANSI/AISC 341-10, Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel

Buildings, but is included for informational purposes only.

The AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC 360-10) is intended

to cover common design criteria. Accordingly, it is not feasible for it to also cover all of the

special and unique problems encountered within the full range of structural design practice.

This document, the AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC

341-10) (hereafter referred to as the Provisions) is a separate consensus standard that

addresses one such topic: the design and construction of structural steel and composite

structural steel/reinforced concrete building systems for high-seismic applications.

A list of Symbols and a Glossary are part of this document. Terms that appear in the

Glossary are generally italicized where they first appear in a sub-section, throughout these

Provisions. A nonmandatory Commentary with background information is also provided.

Nonmandatory user notes are interspersed throughout these Provisions to provide guidance

on the application of the document.


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