India Table 4    Response Reduction Factor, R, for building systems

SL No Lateral Load resisting system R
(1) (2) (3)
  Building Frame systems
i) Ordinary RC moment resisting frame(OMRF)1) 3.0
ii) Special RC moment resisting frame (SMRF)  
iii) Steel frame with

a)      Concrete braces

b)      Eccentric braces
 

4.0

5.0
iv) Steel moment resisting frame designed as per SP 6(6) 5.0
  Building with shear walls
v) Load bearing masonry wall buildings

a)      Unreinforced

b)      Reinforced with horizontal RC bands

c)      Reinforced with horizontal RC bands and vertical bars at corner of rooms and jambs of openings
 

1.5

2.5

3.0
vi) Ordinary reinforced concrete shear walls  
vii) Ductile shear walls2) 4.0
  Building with dual systems
viii) Ordinary shear wall with OMRF 3.0
ix) Ordinary shear wall with SMRF 4.0
x) Ductile shear wall with OMRF 4.5
xi) Ductile shear wall with SMRF 5.0
1)      OMRF are those designed and detailed as per IS 456 or IS 800 but not meeting ductile detailing requirement as per IS 13920 or SP 6(6) receptively

2)      Ductile shear wall are those designed and detailed  as per IS 13920