Abstract
The current International Building Code (IBC) allows wood-frame (i.e., light-frame wood) construction to be three stories high or four stories high if sprinklers are included in the design. Several jurisdictions within the United States have opted to allow four and five stories if sprinklers are present. This paper presents a comprehensive numerical analysis of a six-story wood-frame building designed on the basis of the 2006 IBC methodology and a building designed by using the direct-displacement design (DDD) approach. The objectives of the design methods are different and are explained herein. Incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) was used to numerically investigate the response of the buildings on the basis of two criteria: the peak interstory drift and the building’s base shear capacity. Gypsum wall board was included in both models, but exterior finishes (e.g., stucco) were not.
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