Five different design approaches are compared on a single mid-rise reinforced concrete building, pitting two performance-based designs against three conventional methods in delivering a solution that satisfies different sets of performance objectives. Two of the conventional designs stem from the literature, and they represent 2003 IBC compatible solutions. Another employs the yield point spectra to deliver a code-like solution, satisfying the design norms without needing iterations. The final two are based on the yield frequency spectra to offer a design that can satisfy more detailed performance objectives in a single step. Overall, all five methods are shown to deliver what is expected. Conventional methods can safely capture the code requirements, yet they are disadvantaged when treading in beyond-life-safety territory, where Immediate Occupancy or Collapse Prevention objectives cannot be easily satisfied, a problem that is not shared by performance-based approaches.

在一座中层钢筋混凝土建筑上比较了五种不同的设计方法，将两种基于性能的设计与三种传统方法进行比较，以提供满足不同性能目标的解决方案。其中两种传统设计源自文献，它们代表 2003 IBC 兼容解决方案。另一种方法利用屈服点谱来提供类似代码的解决方案，无需迭代即可满足设计规范。最后两个基于产量频谱，提供可以在一个步骤中满足更详细的性能目标的设计。总体而言，所有五种方法都可以实现预期效果。传统方法可以安全地满足规范要求，但在涉及超出生命安全的领域时，它们处于不利地位，即无法轻松满足立即入住或防倒塌目标，这是基于性能的方法所不存在的问题。