Discussion
Designing a structure to remain fully elastic through the severest expected shaking is usually rejected because
Answer: C
Such an event is rare, and paying for the full elastic strength at every site would be extravagant. The accepted alternative is to design for a fraction of the elastic demand and to detail the structure so that it can dissipate the balance by yielding, which is what the response reduction factor represents.
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