Code Compliance in Reinforce Concrete Design: A Comparative Study of USA Code (ACI) and Chinese Code (GB)

Table 2

Load and material information used in PKPM and ETABS.

Type	Floor	PKPM	ETABS
Dead load	Fl.1–3	1.5 kN/m^2	1.5 kN/m^2
	Fl.4	2.5 kN/m^2	2.5 kN/m^2
Live load	Fl.1–3	9.6 kN/m^2	9.6 kN/m^2
	Fl.4	3.0 kN/m^2	3.0 kN/m^2
Concrete grade	Fl.1–4	C40	C40
Rebar grade	Fl.1–4	HRB400	HRB400

According to Chinese and American codes, there are minor differences between the load combinations selected by PKPM and ETABS. The main load combinations used in this study are listed in Table 3.