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Fig. 3. Five-story flat-slab building, (a) elevation, (b) plan.  A five story flat-slab structure is used as the generic system for this study. Preliminary analysis of three, five and seven story versions had indicated rather insignifi- cant differences in the inelastic dynamic analysis results. This building is considered mid-rise. The reason for choosing a mid-rise building is twofold. Because of the inherent flexibility of flat-slab buildings, it may not be possible to satisfy the drift demands in high-rise construction. On the other hand, low-rise buildings would be sufficiently stiff and may not warrant special consideration. The selected dimensions of the building

Figure 3 Five-story flat-slab building, (a) elevation, (b) plan. A five story flat-slab structure is used as the generic system for this study. Preliminary analysis of three, five and seven story versions had indicated rather insignifi- cant differences in the inelastic dynamic analysis results. This building is considered mid-rise. The reason for choosing a mid-rise building is twofold. Because of the inherent flexibility of flat-slab buildings, it may not be possible to satisfy the drift demands in high-rise construction. On the other hand, low-rise buildings would be sufficiently stiff and may not warrant special consideration. The selected dimensions of the building