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

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Number</td><td class="align_center">PKPM</td><td class="align_center">ETABS</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1</td><td class="align_center">Fundamental wind pressure: 0.3 kN/m2</td><td class="align_center">Wind speed: 85 miles per hour (mph)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2</td><td class="align_center">Shape coefficient: 1.3</td><td class="align_center">Cp: 0.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3</td><td class="align_center">Coefficient of height variation: 1.31</td><td class="align_center">G: 0.85</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">4</td><td class="align_center">Calculation method: ωk = βzμsμzω0</td><td class="align_center">Calculation method: P = qGCp−qi(GCpi)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Comparison of main wind load parameters between PKPM and ETABS.</div>

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Table 5: Code Compliance in Reinforce Concrete Design: A Comparative Study of USA Code (ACI) and Chinese Code (GB) 