A comparative study of seismic analysis, design, and collapse safety margins of tall buildings in the United States and Japan, Part I: Performance‐based analysis and design

Performance‐based seismic analysis and design of tall buildings have become increasingly common in the United States and have been the standard practice in Japan for a long time. The methodologies for seismic hazard analyses, selection of earthquake records for design, and acceptance criteria, however, are widely different in the two countries. Japan experiences large earthquakes and strong shakin…