For the first time, ASCE 7-22 includes mandatory provisions for tornado-induced loads. Application:
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Previously an appendix, tsunami design criteria are now a full chapter. If you are designing a structure on the West Coast (Cascadia Subduction Zone) or Hawaii, the ASCE 7-22 PDF provides mandatory requirements for inundation depths, hydrodynamic forces, and impact loads from debris. You may be able to download the ASCE
The standard clarifies the design for ponding instability and updates the method for determining design flood depths using Coastal A Zones.
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