SEAOC Blue Book:
Seismic Design Recommendations
of the SEAOC Seismology Committee
Welcome to the Blue Book, the new edition of SEAOC’s signature publication. Over the next several months, the Seismology Committee will be posting new articles.

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Publication Date
1999 Blue Book
1 1999 Blue Book
1999
Compilations
1 Blue Book Compilation
2009
0. Reference Materials
0.01.010 Preface to Online Edition
February 2007
0.02.010 Glossary of Acronyms
February 2007
0.02.020 Earthquake Design Codes and Standards
 
0.02.030 Master Reference List
 
1. Philosophies Of Earthquake Design
1.02.010 Development of Earthquake Design Provisions for Building Codes
 
1.03.010 Code-Based Earthquake Design
August 2008
2. Quality Assurance
2.01.010 Earthquake Design Documentation
October 2006
4. Seismic Force Resisting Systems
4.01.010 Seismic Force-Resisting Systems
 
4.01.020 Development System Factors
May 2007
4.02.030 Cantilever Column Systems
August 2008
4.02.031 Mixed Systems with Cantilever Column Elements
August 2008
4.02.040 Combined Systems
 
4.02.041 Structural Detailing for Combined Structural Systems
February 2011
4.020.020 Dual Systems
 
4.03.010 Period Determination
August 2008
4.05.000 Analysis Procedures
June 2009
5. Element Checks and Design
5.02.030 Concrete Slab Collectors
August 2008
6. Nonstructural Components
6.03.010 Fire Sprinkler Piping
 
7. Foundations
7.01.010 Foundation Overview
March 2008
7.02.010 Geotechnical
August 2008
7.02.020 Piles
March 2008
7.02.021 Example Limit State Analysis of Concrete Piles
August 2008
7.03.010 Foundation Modeling
August 2008
7.04.010 Steel SFRS Foundation Connections
March 2008
8. Steel
8.01.010 Steel Design Overview
 
8.03.010 Staggered Truss Frames
September 2006
8.03.020 Buckling-Restrained Brace Frames
March 2008
8.03.040 Special Truss Moment Frames
August 2008
8.03.050 Concentric Braced Frames
August 2008
9. Concrete
9.01.010 Reinforced Concrete Structures
March 2009
9.02.010 Tilt-up Buildings
September 2008
9.05.010 Concrete Parking Structures
June 2009
11. Masonry
11.01.010 Reinforced Masonry Design Overview
September 2008
12. Wood and Light Frame
12.01.010 Wood Design Overview
February 2012
12.03.020 Wood Framed Shear Walls With Openings
February 2007
12.04.020 Light-Frame Wall Hold-downs
August 2008
12.04.030 Anchor Bolts in Light-Frame Construction at Small Edge Distances
June 2009

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