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Earthquake Lateral Forces calculations according to ASEC7-10

INPUT:
Building Occupancy Category

Mapped Acceleration Param. at short Period

I
R
Ss

I
1.00
= 3.00
= 0.051g

Mapped Acceleration Param. at Period 1sec.

S1

= 0.021g

Importance Factor
Response mod. coefficient

Stiff Soil

Soil Profile Description

D
SDC
B
All other structural systems
Ct
= 0.0488
x
= 0.75
Story Count
n
=1
Live Load portion to be considered in base shear calc.
= 0.25
Site Class
Seismic Design Category
Structure Type

Story

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
total

Dead
Loads[KN]

Live Loads
[KN]

372
1337
167.62
167.62
228

450.00
178.00
588.44
588.44
286.13

372.00

450.00

Total [KN]

Story Height [m]

484.5
1381.5
314.73
314.73
299.53125
0
0
0
0
0
484.50

4
4
2.8
2.8
3.4

4.00

W
hn

= 484.5 KN
= 4.00 m

Fa

= 1.000

Fv

= 1.000

Building Total Weight.

Total height of Structure
Design Parameters and Period Determination
Short-period site coeffi cient
Long-period site coeffi cient
Design Spectral Acceleration Parameters:
Accele. param. at short periods

SMS = Fa Ss

= 0.0510g

Accele. param. at period 1sec

SM1 = Fv S1

= 0.0210g

Design Accele. at short periods

SDS =(2/3) SMS

= 0.0340g

SD1 =(2/3) SM1

= 0.0140g
= 0.138

sec.

Upper limit Coefficient

Ta = Ct ( hn)x
Cu

= 1.700

sec.

Long-period transition period

TL

= 6.000

sec.

Maximum Fundamental Period.

= 0.235

sec.

Period calculated using programs

Tu = Ta . Cu
Tprog.

PeriodUsed in next calculations

Tused

= 0.138

Design Accele. at period 1sec.

Period Determination
Approximate fundamental period

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sec.

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Calculation of Equivalent Lateral Force according Clause 12.8:
a- Calculation of Seismic Response Coefficient Cs according 12.8.1.1:
Response coeffi cient

CS = SDS/(R/I)

= 0.0113

Max. acc. Eq. (12.8.4)

CS = SD1/(T.R/I) for TTL

= 0.0338

Max. acc. Eq. (12.8.3)

Cs minimum

CS = SD1/(T .R/I) for T>TL

= 0.0000

CS = 0.044SDSI 0.01

= 0.0100

Cs min. for S1 >= 0.6g

CS = 0.5S1/(R/I)

= 0.0000
Cs =

= 0.0113
Used Seismic Response Coefficient Cs
b- Calculation of Seismic Base Shear V according Clause 12.8.1:
V = CS W
= 5.491
Seismic Base Shear
Design Response Spectrum acceleration Sa according Clause 11.4.5:
T0 = 0.2 SD1/SDS
= 0.0824
Ts = SD1/SDS
= 0.4118

KN

Sa(g)

0.1
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
0
0.000

0
0.500

1.000

1.500

2.000

2.500 3.000
T Sec.

c- Vertical Distribution of Seismic Forces Fx according Clause 12.8.3:

Distribution exponent
k
The lateral seismic force
Fx = CvxV
Cvx =Wx(hx)k /
Vertical distribution factor
Story

Weight Wx
(KN)

1
2
3
4
4
6
7
7
9
10

484.50
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

height hx
(m)

4.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Wx.(hx)k

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3.500

4.000

4.500

= 1.000
Wx.(hx)k

Wx.(hx)k

Cvx

Fx (KN)

1938.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

1.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

5.49
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

1938.00

V=

5.49

5.000

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s calculations according to ASEC7-10

Table 1-1
TABLE 11.5-1
TABLE 12.2-1
Clause 11.4.1
Clause 11.4.1
TABLE 20.3-1
TABLE
TABLE
TABLE
TABLE
TABLE

20.3-1
11.6-1
12.8-2
12.8-2
12.8-2

TABLE 11.4-1
TABLE 11.4-2
Eq. (11.4-1)
Eq. (11.4-2)
Eq. (1 1.4-3)
Eq. (1 1.4-4)
Eq. (12.8-7)
TABLE 12.8-1

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Eq. (12.8-2)
Eq. (12.8-3)
Eq. (12.8-4)
Eq. (12.8-5)
Eq. (12.8-6)
Eq. (12.8-2)
Eq. (12.8-1)
Clause 11.4.5-2:
Clause 11.4.5-2:

2.500 3.000
T Sec.

3.500

4.000

4.500

5.000

Clause 12.8.3
Eq. (12.8-11)
Eq. (12.8-12)

KN

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TABLE 20.3-1 SlTE CLASSIFICATION

Soil Profile
Soil Profile Type
Description
Hard Rock
A
Rock
B
Very Dense soil

Soft rock
Stiff Soil
Soft Clay soil

C
D
E

Soils requiring site

response analysis

TABLE 11.4-1 SlTE COEFFICIENT, Fa

Site Class
Ss<=0.25
Ss=0.50
A
0.8
0.8
B
1.0
1.0
C
1.2
1.2
D
1.6
1.4

Ss=0.75
0.8
1.0
1.1
1.2

Ss=1.0
0.8
1.0
1.0
1.1

Ss>=1.25
0.8
1.0
1.0
1.0

2.5

1.7

1.2

0.9

0.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

S1=0.3
0.8
1.0
1.5
1.8

S1=0.4
0.8
1.0
1.4
1.6

S1>=0.5
0.8
1.0
1.3
1.5

TABLE 11.4-2 SlTE COEFFICIENT, Fv

Site Class
S1<=0.1
S1=0.20
A
0.8
0.8
B
1.0
1.0
C
1.7
1.6
D
2.4
2.0
E

3.5

3.2

2.8

2.4

2.4

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

TABLE 12.2-1
R
1.25
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.25
3.50
4.00
4.50
5.00

5.50
6.00
6.50
7.00
7.50
8.00
TABLE 11.5-1 IMPORTANCE FACTORS
Occupancy
Importance
Category
Factor
I
1.00
II
1.00
III
1.25
IV
1.50

TABLE 12.8-1 COEFFICIENT FOR UPPER LIMIT

ON CALCULATED PERIOD
SD1

Coefficient Cu

0.4
0.3
0.2
0.15
0.1

1.4
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7

Table 11.6-1 Seismic Design Category

I or II
III
SDS <0.167
A
A

IV

0.167<=SDS<0.33

.33<=SDS<0.5

SDS >= 0.5

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Enter the Value according Soil investigation report

TABLE 12.8-2 VALUES OF APPROXIMATE PERIOD

PARAMETERS Ct AND x
Structure Type
Steel moment-resisting frames
Concrete moment-resisting frames
Eccentrically braced steel frames
All other structural systems

Ct

0.0724
0.0466
0.0731
0.0488

0.8
0.9
0.75
0.75

Ct [ft]
0.028
0.016
0.03
0.02