TheAISC341-10-2010,titled"SeismicProvisionsforStructuralSteelBuildings,"isakeystandardpublishedbytheAmericanInstituteofSteelConstruction(AISC).Thisdocumentprovidescomprehensiveguidelinesandrequirementsforthedesign,fabrication,anderectionofstructuralsteelbuildingsinseismicregions.The2010editionincorporatesthelatestresearchandadvancementsinseismicdesign,focusingonensuringtheductility,strength,andstabilityofsteelstructuresunderearthquakeloading.Itcoversawiderangeoftopics,includingmaterialspecifications,connectiondetails,memberdesign,andqualitycontrolmeasuresspecifictoseismic-resistantconstruction.TheprovisionsareintendedtobeusedinconjunctionwithotherAISCstandards,suchastheAISC360(SpecificationforStructuralSteelBuildings),andareoftenreferencedbybuildingcodesliketheInternationalBuildingCode(IBC)forseismicdesigncompliance.Thisstandardisessentialforstructuralengineers,architects,andconstructionprofessionalsworkingonsteelbuildingsinhigh-seismiczones,providingthenecessarycriteriatoachievelife-safetyperformanceduringseismicevents.The2010editionreflectsupdatesfrompreviousversionstoalignwithimprovedunderstandingofsteelstructurebehaviorundercyclicloading.
