Alternative Method of Defining Seismic Loads on Buildings without Application of Implicit Factors

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The paper considers the alternative method of defining seismic loads on buildings based on the law of conservation of momentum. The expressions for defining seismic loads without any implicit factors (including ?) are obtained. Here appears an opportunity to take into account the soils’ strength characteristics, the foundation configurations and dimensions, the wave ray tilt angle, etc. The design formulas comprise quantitatively determinate and simple parameters of a building and foundation soils. Comparative analysis of the design results according to the proposed procedure and the methods specified in codes and recommendations on earthquake engineering has been carried out.