Introduction to shock-resistant design of buildings and initiatives of the Architectural Institute of Japan

Mukai, Yoichi*; Nishida, Akemi  ; Hamamoto, Takuji*; Takeuchi, Yoshitaka*; Kano, Toshiya*

The Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ) published a book titled "Introduction to shock-resistant design of buildings" on the theme of accidental actions in Jan. 2015. In addition, based on this book, a new chapter on impact loads was added to the revised version of "Recommendations for Loads on Buildings" in March 2015. In this presentation, the outline of the "Introduction to shock-resistant design of buildings" will be outlined. And the activities by AIJ on the shock-resistant design in a concrete and rational manner after the publication of this book will be introduced.