Disclaimer

The UGMS MCE_R Tool is provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind. While SCEC and the UGMS Committee have made every effort to provide data from reliable sources or methodologies, SCEC and the UGMS Committee do not make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability, currency, or quality of any data provided herein. SCEC and the UGMS Committee do not intend the results provided by this tool to replace the sound judgment of a competent professional, who has knowledge and experience in the appropriate field(s) of practice. By using this tool, you accept to release SCEC and the UGMS Committee of any and all liability.

Please note: The site-specific, design response spectral acceleration, S_a, returned by this tool for user-specified inputs, must be compared to the minimum S_a requirement described in Section 21.3 of ASCE 7-16 (second and third paragraphs). This minimum S_a is computed as 80% of the design response spectrum derived from the S_DS, S_D1, and T_L values obtained from the ASCE tool at https://asce7hazardtool.online/. The larger of the site-specific S_a and the 80% minimum S_a at each period, T, is the final design response spectral acceleration. This final S_a x 1.5 is the final MCE_R response spectral acceleration.