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ETABS & SAP Step by Step PDF
ETABS & SAP Step by Step PDF
Lecture No: 01
1. Modeling
2. Properties Assigning (like dimensions of beams & columns and type of foundation etc)
3. Loading
4. Design
Notes:
• “Wetting” means to cross check the work one’s person. The one who cross checks is called
‘Wetter’.
• PBC stands for ‘Pakistan Building Codes’
• ETAB is quite goog for the concrete structures.
• Generation of results is very convinent in ETAB
• ETAB, SAP & STAAD results for the slab case are not satisfactory. While SAFE gives relative better
results for Slab design.
• Wood, Aluminium, concrete etc all materials based buildings can be design on STAAD.
• STAAD gives more conservative results, as the factor of safties used in STAAD are greater.
• In ETAB at any stage units can be changed.
• Results of ETAB for steel Trusses are also satisfactory.
These arrows buttons are the Move up/down list. These keys will active when the plan view
is active.
We can shift the boarder line using there arrows, inorder to get the required one image
(either Plan view or Elevation) of any floor or side.
Notes:
• In order to deselect the slection, Esc will not work. Use the button in the side vertical
tool bar.
• Use button to shift the mode on ‘Snap to Grid intersection & points’
• Use button to pick the intersection points other than grid intersections.
MODLEING
Step No: 01
Press NO
Step No: 02
Step No: 03
Step No: 04
Step No: 05
*Beams are placed in Plan view and Columns are placed in Elevation View.
Step No: 06
Lecture No: 02
Notes:
• If fc’ is given in kips-in, check it out in which units u r working. If in kips-ft u r working then
convert fc’ in kips-ft as: let, 4 x 144 = 576 kips-ft
• In case of concrete – stresses at all points are taken same – isotropic
• If you know the name of ur slab type, then u can select all the slab pannels at atime. The optin is
in one of the tabs in menu bar.
• When & where, there are calculations – Engineering is needed.
PROPERTIES ASSIGNING
e) Press OK
a) Click Define/Materials
b) Select CONC/Modify/Type fc’ and fy (keep eye on units)
c) Press OK
Step No: 04
d) Type selection name (like beam) and Type dimension according to units
e) Select Reinforcement
f) Check beam-column/shape/ckeck-reinforcement to be designed
a) Select Beam/Column
b) Click Assign/Frame-line/Frame section/Color beam
Step No: 07
Lecture No: 03
Notes:
• While transfering the Autocad (Grids) file into ETABS, be sure that all grids must be in single
layer and only grids’ layer will be active at that time.
• Save As – file in .dxf format
Note: If you have fc’ value other than 4000 psi then by manually put that value.
Shear Modulus =
Bending.
LOAD CASE:
1. D.L
2. L.L
3. R.L.L
4. Seismic load in x-direction
5. Seismic load in y-direction
Weight:
.
½” Plaster = × 120 = 5
"
3” Mud = × 120 = 30
.
1-½” Tites = × 110 = 13.7
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= 50 lb/sft
* Select the soil type on the basis of SPT-value, using UBC. Also the Seismic Zone Factor is also provided
by the UBC against different zones.
a) Define/static load case/Modify lateral load/select direction - select soil type - select zone &
press OK
Step No: 04
Step No: 05
* By default after design you will get “Longitudinal reinforcement”. You can get % ratio etc.
• Select any member and press right click on it details will come out and click summary.
Notes:
• Show selection only – Select only particular beam in elevation view and then go: View/show
selection only and then turn elevation view into 3D view.
• In footing design we do not use factored load – we use service loads.
• In commercial structures slab thickness may vary from place to place.
Analysis/Check model
Display/show deform shape – (against specific load case i.e Dead or Live etc)
a) Assign/(Joint/point load)/Force
b) Select load case and type value of load with +ive or –ive sign as per condition.
c) Addition of self made design combination
d) Design/Concrete frame design/Select design combination.
Be sure under ‘Design Combos’ only that combination will be there on which you need the design. So
using the Add-> AND <-Remove buttons set the SERV on the right side and all other on the lift side. Press
OK
Display/Show tables/check “Reactions”/Show modify case – select service (SERV Combo) load
Note:
To show the point labels in the Plan View, click the button ‘Set building view options’ and check
“Point Labels”
Lecture No: 05
Dead Load = 20 psf Live load = 20 psf Design Combination: 1.0DL + 1.0LL
Design of B1.
Manual Calculation:
* Now software will take the slab/slabs as a single rigid unit that will provide resistance against lateral
loading.
SHEAR WALL
Draw wall – using elevation view and mesh it. At each intersection point of mesh an bottom, fix the
shear wall.
Lecture No: 06
Notes:
MIRROR
(a). Copy/cut/paste
Example:
(b). Story
I. Select object in Plan or Elevation/ Click Edit/ Select story and press OK
(a). Slab
(b). Beam
I. Select Point (if no selection, first draw beam/line then select point)
II. Edit/Extrude point to line/Radial
III. Define center under ‘rotate about point’
IV. Under ‘Increment Data’ put values and put Total Drop = 0. And press OK
REFRENCE POINT
* Right click on the ref. point and delete it, if you can.
Steps:
a) Select column
b) Assign/Frame Line/Local Axis
c) Type angle’s value which is required.
Lecture 07
Notes:
• Min 10 m above the G.L – wind speed is required for designing building.
• Fastest wind speed km/hr – having probability to occur is 0.02
• UBC 97 wind load:
o Normal force method
o Projected area
• Normal force method is mostly applicable for almost all type of structures and but only method
for the gabled structures. Not applicable for 60 m high buildings.
Calculations:
P = qsACDIW
Cd = Drag co-efficient = Ce × Cq
And Ce = Combined height, exposure and gust factor co-efficient. (from table 16-G)
EXAMPLE: Determine the wind force for an office building in down town area with exposure type B?
Bay length = 5 m
Solution:
Cd = Ce × Cq
Cq
H IW Qs Ce P
(windward side)
0 – 15 1 25.6 0.62 0.8 12.6
15 – 20 1 25.6 0.67 0.8 13.7
20 – 25 1 25.6 0.72 0.8 14.7
WIND 25 – 30 1 25.6 0.76 0.8 15.5
30 – 40 1 25.6 0.84 0.8
40 – 60 1 25.6 0.95 0.8
60 – 80 1 25.6 1.04 0.8
Leeward Side 66 1 25.6 1.04* -0.5
Roof 66 1 25.6 1.04 0.7
* For leeward side the value of Ce will be that of the highest value in Ce for windward side (i.e 1.04 in this
case)
a) Define/Load Case
b) Add ‘wind’ / Type wind / under lateral load select UBC 97
c) Modify lateral load/define ‘wind speed, exposure type, importance factor etc’ and see if there
would any more modifications are required.
Notes:
Lecture No: 09
Data:
Step 01:
Type x = 10’, y = 1’ z= 1’ – OK (See units – if it’s in inches then put values in inches)
Step 02:
Select _ Section8.pro and click open –Select all 2L-section (with help of shift key)
Click OK – OK
Step 03:
Add auto select /Add new property/again select all 2L-section/click add – OK –OK
Step 04:
Step 05:
Step 06:
Bending = 6”
NOTE: Assign/Clear display of assigns (To clear the assign properties like beam & column names and load values etc)
Support Assigning
Assign/joints/restraints/Make it roller
NOTE: We can draw single big slab & then by divide command it will be automatically converted into
panels.