Structural Design Method for Over-Track Low-Rise Buildings

This report introduces a new structural design method for over-track low-rise buildings without footing beams. We investigated the structural performance of existing overtrack buildings and developed an understanding of the seismic response and load-carrying capacity of a number of building models by means of analytical studies, the results of which were reflected in the revised "Standard for Structural Design of Over-Track Low-Rise Buildings." In the new design method, push-over analyses of soil-structure interaction models are used to clarify the seismic performance of buildings. As a result, it is possible to construct buildings without footing beams perpendicular and parallel to tracks.