2. Know your
performance objectives before you push the
building.
•No building can be
displaced to infinity without damage.
•Since the objective of push-over analysis to assess the status of building and its components in a damaged state, it is of
paramount importance to understand the specific
performance objectives desired for the
building.
•Performance objectives such as collapse prevention, life safety, or immediate occupancy have to be translated into technical
terms such as: (a) a given set of design
spectra, and (b) specific limit states acceptable
for various structural components when subjected to the seismic demand embodied in these design spectra.
•A push-over analysis without a clearly defined performance objectives is of little use.
