Seismic Calculations for UBC 1997 Static Process for Regular Buildings

Dear ETABS users, this is coolest bliss and in this tutorial we will solve an example by UBC method and
then we’ll compare it with ETABS. Remember, it is a very simple example, just to clear the concepts of
ETABS new users.

In the following pages, you will see some pictures and notes.

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To understand this example, you will need at hand following things:-

1- UBC Seismic Calculation Sheet; CB Seis Ver 2.0 Download it.

Excel-2007 Format or Excel-2003 Format
If you want Visual Basic .EXE file download it from here.
2- UBC-97 Code (Chapter 16)
3- ETABS (Version 9.5.0)

And of course, A GOOD BRAIN….:-)

We will make a model
with these parameters.

*2D model in XZ
*24ft wide bay
*12ft high four storeys
*Start a new model.
*Units kip-ft
*4 Storeys
*Each storey 12ft high
*Grid Only
24x24
Bays
2-Select
beam
option

5-Draw 2
columns
here.

1-Change this
4-Select to ALL
draw 3-Draw beam from STORIES
column grid B to grid C as
option shown
1-Select
elevation
shortcut. 2-Goto
Elevation 3
Select
this line
and
delete.
Goto this
option
Make self weight multiplier "ZERO" to
neglect self weights.
Select MASS SOURCE
OPTION
1-Select "FROM LOADS" because we will not
put any additional mass in this example and
no self weight...We will only put DL and LL so
select this option.

2-Enter these values

because we want our
seismic weight W = 100%
DL + 25% LL
(See UBC code)
 Select all 4 lines to apply load

"4 LINES
SELECTED"
we will
put UDL
Put 2 kip/ft as DL towards
GRAVITY. Other values should
be as shown.
GET PREVIOUS Dead Load =
SELECTION 2kip/ft
Keep all other
options same as
that of DL in
previous step and
put 1 kip/ft as LIVE
LOAD
Goto DEFINE>STATIC LOAD CASES
and define two new cases as
1-EQX as QUAKE according to UBC 97
and
2-EQY as QUAKE according to UBC 97
For EQX put all
values as shown in
form
Similarly for EQY...everything same,
except the direction....
(YOU CAN EVEN OMIT THIS EQY
LOAD CASE because we will run
our model as 2D only in XZ
direction.

Our model coordinates...

XY...as 2D
Click set analysis option
 Select
UNCHECK XZ Plane
DYNAMIC &
PDELTA
OPTIONS..
SAVE
YOUR
MODEL
RUN
ANALYSIS
DEFLECTED SHAPE IN
EQX

1-UNITS
should
be Kip-ft

2-Click
show
tables
Select
STORY
SHEARS
 Before going to next step. Fill all the data
in this sheet

Note
storey
shears

For each storey

DL = 2x24 = 48 KIP
12 ft and
LL = 1x24 = 24 KIP

Note
these
two
values
 Check DL and LL
is same as you
put in excel
sheet.
Forget
about TOP
& BOTTOM
On the bottom
location..
storey
they are
(Storey-1, see
same in this
DL=192 and
example
LL=96) same
as in excel
sheet.

compare THICK RED CIRCLE storey

shears with excel sheet...storey
shear...they are same!
Display>Story Response Plots

Compare!
Check story shear this time
Show reactions
for EQX

Display>Show
Loads>Joint/
Points>select EQx....
compare with previous
page
This time...check
storey moment with
EXCEL SHEET
 Value of DELTA S.
you have to put this Story drift ratio = Story
value in excel sheet drift / Story Height

1-Right
click on
joint
This is the
value of delta
S.
This is
the value
of story
drift ratio
Input data printed from excel sheet

UBC Seismic Calculations

Prepared By: coolest bliss Job: Example-1

Checked By: - Date: 30-Sep-10

SITEDATA

Building Location: Pasrur, District Sialkot, Pakistan

Seismic Zone: II-B Soil Profile Type: SD

Seismic Zone Factor Z: 0.2

Seismic Coefficients

Ca: 0.28 Na: 0

Cv: 0.4 Nv: 0

BUILDINGDATA

No. of Storeys: 4 Importance Factor: 1

Building Height: 48 Ct : 0.02

Building Period: 0.36 Response Factor: 5.5

LOADING

Building Dead Load: 192 Building Live Load: 96

Seismic Weight, W = 1 x DL + 0.25 x LL = 216

BASESHEAR

Eq 30-4: 43 Design Base Shear: 27

Eq 30-5: 27 Ft: 0

Eq 30-6: 7

CB Seis. Ver 1.0

 UBC Seismic Calculations
CB Seis. Ver 1.0 Prepared By: coolest bliss Job: Example-1
Building / Frame Data Checked By: - Date: 30-Sep-10
Dead Seismic Total Lateral Storey
Height Live Load Overturning Storey Drift
Load Weight Height wx.hx Force Shear s Storey
h LL Moment Drift Limit Drift
Level DL wx hx Fx Vx Drift
Check
Ratio
ft kip kip kip ft kip-ft kip kip in kip-ft in in

 48.00 192 96 216 6480 27.49 82 Calculate

Storey 1 12.00 48 24 54 12.00 648 2.75 27 0.40396 660 0.40396 3.60 OK 0.00281

Storey 2 12.00 48 24 54 24.00 1296 5.50 25 0.62030 363 0.21635 3.60 OK 0.00150

Storey 3 12.00 48 24 54 36.00 1944 8.25 19 0.76972 132 0.14942 3.60 OK 0.00104

Storey 4 12.00 48 24 54 48.00 2592 11.00 11 0.85990 0 0.09018 3.60 OK 0.00063

PRINT SUMMARY
REPORT
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PROJECT INFORMATION

Company Name = Omrania & Associates

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STORY DATA

STORY SIMILAR TO HEIGHT ELEVATION

STORY4 None 12.000 48.000

STORY3 STORY4 12.000 36.000
STORY2 STORY4 12.000 24.000
STORY1 STORY4 12.000 12.000
BASE None 0.000

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STATIC LOAD CASES

STATIC CASE AUTO LAT SELF WT NOTIONAL NOTIONAL

CASE TYPE LOAD MULTIPLIER FACTOR DIRECTION

DEAD DEAD N/A 0.0000

LIVE LIVE N/A 0.0000
EQX QUAKE UBC97 0.0000
EQY QUAKE UBC97 0.0000

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AUTO SEISMIC UBC97

Case: EQX

AUTO SEISMIC INPUT DATA

Direction: X
Typical Eccentricity = 5%

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Eccentricity Overrides: No

Period Calculation: Program Calculated

Ct = 0.02 (in feet units)

Top Story: STORY4

Bottom Story: BASE

R = 5.5
I=1
hn = 48.000 (Building Height)

Soil Profile Type = SD

Z = 0.2
Ca = 0.2800
Cv = 0.4000

AUTO SEISMIC CALCULATION FORMULAS

Ta = Ct (hn^(3/4))

If Z >= 0.35 (Zone 4) then: If Tetabs <= 1.30 Ta then T = Tetabs, else T = 1.30 Ta
If Z < 0.35 (Zone 1, 2 or 3) then: If Tetabs <= 1.40 Ta then T = Tetabs, else T = 1.40 Ta

V = (Cv I W) / (R T) (Eqn. 1)
V <= 2.5 Ca I W / R (Eqn. 2)
V >= 0.11 Ca I W (Eqn. 3)

If T <= 0.7 sec, then Ft = 0

If T > 0.7 sec, then Ft = 0.07 T V <= 0.25 V

AUTO SEISMIC CALCULATION RESULTS

Check with
Ta = 0.3647 sec
T Used = 0.5106 sec excel
W Used = 216.00 sheet
V (Eqn 1) = 0.1424W
V (Eqn 2) = 0.1273W
V (Eqn 3) = 0.0308W

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V (Eqn 4) = 0.0465W

V Used = 0.1273W = 27.49

Ft Used = 0.00

AUTO SEISMIC STORY FORCES

STORY FX FY FZ MX MY MZ

STORY4 11.00 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 -527.825

STORY3 8.25 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 -395.869
STORY2 5.50 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 -263.913
STORY1 2.75 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 -131.956

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AUTO SEISMIC UBC97

Case: EQY

AUTO SEISMIC INPUT DATA

Direction: Y
Typical Eccentricity = 5%
Eccentricity Overrides: No

Period Calculation: Program Calculated

Ct = 0.02 (in feet units)

Top Story: STORY4

Bottom Story: BASE

R = 5.5
I=1
hn = 48.000 (Building Height)

Soil Profile Type = SD

Z = 0.2
Ca = 0.2800
Cv = 0.4000

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AUTO SEISMIC CALCULATION FORMULAS

Ta = Ct (hn^(3/4))

If Z >= 0.35 (Zone 4) then: If Tetabs <= 1.30 Ta then T = Tetabs, else T = 1.30 Ta
If Z < 0.35 (Zone 1, 2 or 3) then: If Tetabs <= 1.40 Ta then T = Tetabs, else T = 1.40 Ta

V = (Cv I W) / (R T) (Eqn. 1)
V <= 2.5 Ca I W / R (Eqn. 2)
V >= 0.11 Ca I W (Eqn. 3)

If T <= 0.7 sec, then Ft = 0

If T > 0.7 sec, then Ft = 0.07 T V <= 0.25 V

AUTO SEISMIC CALCULATION RESULTS

Ta = 0.3647 sec
T Used = 0.5106 sec
W Used = 216.00

V (Eqn 1) = 0.1424W
V (Eqn 2) = 0.1273W
V (Eqn 3) = 0.0308W
V (Eqn 4) = 0.0465W

V Used = 0.1273W = 27.49

Ft Used = 0.00

AUTO SEISMIC STORY FORCES

STORY FX FY FZ MX MY MZ

STORY4 0.00 11.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 395.869

STORY3 0.00 8.25 0.00 0.000 0.000 296.902
STORY2 0.00 5.50 0.00 0.000 0.000 197.935
STORY1 0.00 2.75 0.00 0.000 0.000 98.967

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MASS SOURCE DATA

MASS LATERAL LUMP MASS

FROM MASS ONLY AT STORIES

Loads Yes Yes

MASS SOURCE LOADS

LOAD MULTIPLIER

DEAD 1.0000
LIVE 0.2500

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ASSEMBLED POINT MASSES

STORY UX UY UZ RX RY RZ

STORY4 1.678E+00 1.678E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00

STORY3 1.678E+00 1.678E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
STORY2 1.678E+00 1.678E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
STORY1 1.678E+00 1.678E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
BASE 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
Totals 6.713E+00 6.713E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00

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MODAL INFORMATION

Modal Analysis not done.

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TOTAL REACTIVE FORCES (RECOVERED LOADS) AT ORIGIN

LOAD FX FY FZ MX MY MZ

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DEAD 4.441E-16 0.000E+00 1.920E+02 9.216E+03 -6.912E+03 -1.421E-14

LIVE 2.220E-16 0.000E+00 9.600E+01 4.608E+03 -3.456E+03 -7.105E-15
EQX -2.749E+01 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 -9.897E+02 1.320E+03
EQY 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00

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STORY FORCES

STORY LOAD P VX VY T MX MY

STORY4 EQX 1.776E-15 -1.100E+01 0.000E+00 5.278E+02 5.684E-14 -1.320E+02

STORY3 EQX 3.020E-14 -1.924E+01 0.000E+00 9.237E+02 1.478E-12 -3.629E+02
STORY2 EQX 2.132E-14 -2.474E+01 0.000E+00 1.188E+03 9.095E-13 -6.598E+02
STORY1 EQX 0.000E+00 -2.749E+01 0.000E+00 1.320E+03 0.000E+00 -9.897E+02
STORY4 EQY 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
STORY3 EQY 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
STORY2 EQY 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
STORY1 EQY 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00

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STORY DRIFTS

STORY DIRECTION LOAD MAX DRIFT

STORY4 X EQX 1/1597

STORY3 X EQX 1/964
STORY2 X EQX 1/666
STORY1 X EQX 1/356

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