GB 50011-2010 Code for Seismic Design of Buildings (Text of Document is in English) - Beijing translation compay

Contents
1 General Provisions
2 Terms and Symbols
2.1 Terms
2.2 Main Symbols
3 Basic Requirements of Seismic Design
3.1 Classifications of Seismic Precautionary and Corresponding Criterion
3.2 Seismic Influence
3.3 Site and Subsoil
3.4 Regularity of building configuration and component arrangment
3.5 Structural System
3.6 Structure Analysis
3.7 Nonstructural Components
3.8 Seismical Isolation and Energy-dissipation Design
3.9 Materials and Construction
3.10 Performance-Based Seismic Design
3.11 Earthquake Motion Observation System of buildings
4 Site, Subsoil and Foundation
4.1 Site
4.2 Natural Subsoil and Foundations
4.3 Liquefaction and Soft Subsoil
4.4 Pile Foundation
5 Seismic Action and Seismic Checking for Structures
5.1 General Requirements
5.2 Calculation of Horizontal Seismic Action
5.3 Calculation of Vertical Seismic Action
5.4 Seismic Checking for Cross Section of Structural Components
5.5 Seismic Check for Deformation
6 Multi-storey and Tall Reinforcement Concrete Buildings
6.1 General Requirements
6.2 Essentials in Calculation
6.3 Details of Seismic Design for Framed Structures
6.4 Details of Seismic Design for the Seismic wall
6.5 Details of Seismic Design for Frame-seismic wall
6.6 Seismic Design Requirements for Slab-column-seismic wall
6.7 Seismic Design Requirements for Tube Structures
7 Multi-storey Masonry Buildings and Multi-storey Masonry Buildings with Bottom-frame
7.1 General Requirements
7.2 Essentials in Calculation
7.3 Details of Seismic Design for Multi-storey Clay Masonry Buildings
7.4 Details of Seismic Design for Multi-storey Small-block Buildings
7.5 Details of Seismic Design for Multi-storeys Buildings with Bottom-frame
8 Multi-storey and Tall Steel Structural Buildings
8.1 General Requirements
8.2 Essentials in Calculation
8.3 Details of Seismic Design for Steel Framed Structures
8.4 Details of Seismic Design for Steel Frame-concentrically-braced Structures
8.5 Details of Seismic Design for Steel Frame-eccentrically-braced Structures
9 Single-story Factory Buildings
9.1 Single-story Factory Buildings with R.C. Columns
9.2 Single-story Steel Factory Buildings
9.3 Single-story Factory Buildings with Brick Columns
10 Large-span Buildings
10.1 Single-story Spacious Buildings
10.2 Large-span Roof Buildings
11 Earth, Wood and Stone Houses
11.1 General
11.2 Unfired Earth Houses
11.3 Wood Houses
11.4 Stone Houses
12 Seismically-isolated and Energy-Dissipated Buildings
12.1 General
12.2 Essentials in Design of Seismically-isolated Buildings
12.3 Essentials in Design of Energy-dissipated Buildings
13 Nonstructural Components
13.1 General
13.2 Essentials in Calculation
13.3 Essential Measures for Architectural Members
13.4 Essential Measures for Supports of Mechanical and Electrical Components
14 Subterranean Buildings
14.1 General
14.2 Essentials in Calculation
14.3 Details and Anti-Liquefaction Measures
Appendix A The Earthquake Intensity, Basic Accelerations of Ground Motion and Design
Earthquake Groups of Main Cities in China
Appendix B Requirements for Seismic Design of High Strength Concrete Structures
Appendix C Seismic Design Requirements for Pre-stressed Concrete Structures
Appendix D Seismic Design for the Core Zone of Column-beam Joint of the Frame Structures
Appendix E Seismic Design for the Transition-storeys
Appendix F Seismic Design for R.C. Block Buildings
Appendix G Seismic Design for Composite Steel Brace and Concrete Frame Structures and
Composite Steel Frame and Concrete Core Tube Structures
Appendix H Seismic Design for Multi-storey Factory Buildings
Appendix J Adjustment on Seismic Effects for the Transversal Bent of Single-storey Factory
Appendix K Seismic Check for Single-storey Factory in Longitudinal Direction
Appendix L Simplified Calculation, General and Details for Seismically-isolated Masonry
Structures
Appendix M Objectives and Procedures of Performance-based Seismic Design
Explanation of Wording in This Code
List of Quoted Standards