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. 2014 Aug 8;470(2168):20140170. doi: 10.1098/rspa.2014.0170

Table 2.

Results of the analysis of utilization ratios for beams and columns in buildings.

avg. U/R for beams
% beams with U/R
building number no. valid beams by piece by length by mass ≤0.20 >0.80 five most common beams % columns avg. U/R
1 147 0.36 0.47 0.43 39 7 66 0.31
2 779 0.58 0.62 0.68 16 30 68 0.60
3 103 0.25 0.32 0.47 65 4 90 0.12
4 62 0.17 0.37 0.62 75 5 66 0.13
5 21 0.44 0.41 0.41 0 0 100 0.64
6 700 0.15 0.21 0.25 69 0 77 0.42
7 766 0.33 0.39 0.45 42 9 62 0.47
8 375 0.31 0.39 0.39 43 7 81 0.72
9 512 0.37 0.49 0.50 38 16 49 0.60
10 35 0.90 0.93 0.96 0 83 100
11 379 0.64 0.70 0.68 12 45 71 0.69
12 526 0.47 0.56 0.60 32 17 64 0.49
13 311 0.39 0.48 0.49 38 17 75 0.52
14 751 0.26 0.32 0.38 56 3 65 0.54
15 1447 0.18 0.27 0.37 75 4 74 0.62
16 364 0.23 0.37 0.46 51 9 95 0.57
17 631 0.52 0.65 0.70 26 35 81 0.60
18 200 0.54 0.68 0.66 27 40 97 0.12
19 499 0.36 0.39 0.43 50 15 71 0.49
20 314 0.33 0.47 0.66 58 25 74 0.35
21 71 0.55 0.54 0.61 0 17 99 0.65
22 605 0.47 0.58 0.63 28 20 78 0.55
23 532 0.35 0.44 0.50 50 11 87 0.60
average 440 0.40 0.48 0.54 39 18 78 0.49