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Template Settings Load Cases Load Combinations
◘ OPTIONS > PREFERENCES ◘ LOAD CASES ◘ LOAD COMBINATIONS
CONCRETE & STEEL FRAME DESIGN OPTIONS SW (DEAD) ❒ ADD DEFAULT LOAD COMBINATIONS ❒
DESIGN CODE = ACI 2008 (CONCRETE), ASD01 (STEEL) ❒ SDL (SUPERDEAD) ❒ STEEL FRAME DESIGN (FOR SERVICE)
SEISMIC CATEGORY = B ❒ LL (LIVE) (CODE: UBC-97) ❒ CONCRETE FRAME DESIGN (FOR ULTIMATE)
PATTERN LIVE LOAD FACTOR = 0 ❒ E-X (QUAKE) (CODE: UBC-97) ❒ EDIT LOAD COMBO NAMES IN TEXT FILE AND IMPORT AGAIN
IF PATTERN FACTOR IS NON ZERO, ETABS INCREASES THE E-Y (QUAKE) (CODE: UBC-97) ❒
MID SPAN MOMENTS BY CONSIDERING BEAM AS S.S. AND W-X (WIND) (CODE: UBC-97) ❒ RENAME COMBINATIONS
LOADED WITH LIVE LOAD TIMES THIS FACTOR. W-Y (WIND) (CODE: UBC-97) ❒ ULTIMATE AS ULT-1,2,3… ❒
SERVICE AS SRV-1,2,3… ❒
REINFORCEMENT BAR SIZES = T25 (COL DESIGN) ❒ WIND LOADING (UBC-97)
LIVE LOAD REDUCTION = NO ❒ ANGLE = 0 & 90 ❒ ADD COMBINATIONS FOR DRIFTS
WIND SPEED = 90mi/h ❒ DRIFT-WX = SW+SDL+0.5LL+0.7W-X ❒
DIMENSIONS/TOLERANCES OPTIONS *UBC FASTEST MILE = ASCE 3-SEC GUST SPEED / 1.18* DRIFT-WY = SW+SDL+0.5LL+0.7W-Y ❒
FONT SIZE = 4 & 8 ❒ IMPORTANCE FACTOR = 1.15 ❒ CHECK EQ DRIFT BY FILE>PRINT TABLES>SUMMARY ❒
AUTO ZOOM STEP = 100 ❒ EXPOSURE TYPE = C ❒
INCLUDE PARAPET = 1m ❒ MAKE ENVELOPE COMBINATIONS
◘ EDIT STORY RANGE = ABOVE GROUND TO UPPER MOST ❒ ENV-SRV ❒
GRIDS & BUBBLE SIZE ❒ FOR UBC VS ASCE W-SPEED SEE IBC-2006 TABLE 1609.3.1 ENV-ULT ❒
STORIES ❒ PARAPET WIND LOADS ❒ ENV-W-DRIFT ❒
UR ASSIGN RANGE UPTO UPPER ROOF
LR DISPLAY> SHOW LOADS> JOINTS> WIND *MAKE SURE ITS "ENVE" IN TYPE ❒
3 NOTE DOWN X & Y DIAPHRAGM LOAD
2 REMOVE THE UPPER ROOF FROM LOAD CASE RANGE ◘ DEFINE > MASS SOURCE
1 CLICK DIAPHRAGM EXTENTS SW+SDL+0.25LL ❒
G (STORY HEIGHT = 2.0 m) NOTE DOWN THE COORDINATES FOR UPPER ROOF
BASE CREATE A NULL POINT AT THAT LOCATION ◘ ANALYZE > SET ANALYSIS OPTIONS
APPLY NOTED JOINT LOADS ON THAT POINT DYNAMIC ANALYSIS = NO ❒
◘ FILE *OR APPLY SHEAR & MOMENT ON JOINTS MANUALLY P-DELTA: 1.2SW+1.2SDL+0.5LL ❒
PRINT SETUP = A4 ❒ EARTHQUAKE LOADING (UBC-97) ITERATION BASED, MAX ITERATIONS 3
USER COMMENTS & SESSION LOG = DELETE ❒ X DIR + Eccen Y ❒ *CHECK IN LAST ANALYSIS RUN LOG IF THEY CONVERGE
PROJECT INFORMATION ❒ Y DIR + Eccen X ❒
COMPANY NAME = SOIL PROFILE TYPE = SD ❒ ◘ DESIGN LOAD COMBINATIONS ❒
CLIENT NAME = IMPORTANCE FACTOR = 1.25 ❒ CHECK STEEL & CONCRETE WALL DESIGN LOAD COMBOS
PROJECT NAME= OVERSTRENGTH FACTOR; R = 3.5 CONC & 4.5 STEEL ❒
PROJECT NUMBER= TIME PERIOD = PROGRAM CALCULATED ❒ ◘ LONG TERM DEFLECTION COMBINATION ❒
MODEL NAME= <BUILDING NAME> Ct in ft = 0.03 CONC & 0.035 STEEL ❒ FACTOR = FROM ACI EQUATION 9-11
MODEL DESCRIPTION= LATERAL + GRAVITY TLTD = FACTOR*(SUSTAINED LOADS) + SDL + LL+ SW
REVISION NO= ◘ OPTIMIZE WALL LOADS BY SUBTRACTING ❒ SUSTAINED = ALL DEAD + 50% LIVE
ENGINEER= BEAM DEPTH FROM STORY HEIGHT
CHECKER=

◘ IMPORT > edb ❒

CHECK LOAD COMBINATIONS AFTER IMPORTING
FOR REPETITIONS OF LOAD CASES
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Materials Frame & Area Sections Loads & Supports
◘ MATERIALS ◘ BEAMS [B-<WIDTH>-<DEPTH>] ❒ ◘ END RELEASES ❒
CONCRETE ❒ B-200X400 RELEASE BEAMS ON BEAMS
35MPA MATERIAL= 35MPA
UNITS = N/mm DESIGN TYPE= BEAM ◘ ASSIGN RIGID JOINT DIAPHRAGMS ❒
DESIGN = CONCRETE * APPLY CORRECT COVER TO RIBS OF HCS REQUIRED ONLY FOR APPLYING WIND LOAD
ISOTROPIC FOR DEPTH =>700mm
POISON RATIO = 0.2 COVER= 90 ◘ SUPPORTS
MASS= 2.446E-9 WALLS & COLS ON MAT= FIXED ❒
WEIGHT= 24E-4 FOR DEPTH < 700mm ISOLATED COLUMNS= PIN ❒
f'c= 35 & 40 COVER= 65
fy & fys= 414 ◘ MANUAL MESH
E=4700(f'c^0.5) ◘ COLUMNS [C-<WIDTH>-<DEPTH>] ❒ MESH SIZE = SMALLER OF SPAN/10 OR 1m ❒
FOR 35MPA: E=27805 C-200X800
SHEAR MODULUS = 0.4167Ec [ G = Ec/2*(1+v) ] MATERIAL= 40MPA ◘ RESET MODIFIERS FOR FRAMES & AREAS
EI = BENDING STIFFNESS & EA = AXIAL STIFFNESS DESIGN TYPE= COLUMN DEFINE> FRANE SECTIONS > SECTION MODIFIERS ❒
TIES= RECTANGULAR TIES DEFINE> SLAB SECTIONS> SECTION MODIFIERS ❒
STEEL ❒ COVER= 60
345MPA BAR SIZE= T25 ALL MODIFIERS IN SECTIONS SHOULD BE 1, OTHERWISE
UNITS = N/mm CHECK/DESIGN = DESIGN THEY WILL BE MULTIPLIED WITH MODFIERS APPLIED
DESIGN = STEEL BEFORE ANALYSIS IN NEXT STEP
ISOTROPIC ◘ SLAB SECTIONS [??-<THK>]
POISON RATIO = 0.3 SOLID SLABS ❒ ◘ MAKE TORSION BEAM GROUP ❒
MASS= 7.845E-9 S-400 IF STRUCTURAL SYSTEM HAS BOTH SOLID & HOLLOW
WEIGHT= 7.698E-5 MATERIAL= 35MPA CORE SLABS, THEN THOSE BEAMS SUPPORTING
Fy= 345 TYPE= SHELL HOLLOW CORE SLABS MUST BE ASSIGNED A GROUP
Fu=450 BENDING THK = MEMBRANE THK TO IDENTIFY EASILY TO ASSIGN MODIFIERS IN NEXT STEP
E=200000 THICK PLATE IF SPAN/THK < 15
COST=1 ◘ APPLY MANUAL TORSION TO HC BEAMS ❒
HOLLOW CORE SLABS ❒ T=(Bw+0.5C) * L/2 * LOAD
◘ NON-PRISMATIC SECTIONS ❒ HC-350 C=50mm FOR HOLLOW CORE & 100mm FOR DT
RECTANGULAR MATERIAL= 35MPA Bw=350mm FOR SIMPLIFICATION
WIDTH VARYING: EI2 & EI3 LINEAR VARIATION BENDING THK=50 FOLLOW RIGHT HAND RULE FOR SIGN
DEPTH VARYING: E12 & EI3 CUBIC VARIATION MEMBRANE= EQUIVALENT THK FROM TABLE CHECK THE DIRECTION FOR MOMENT TO BE LOCAL 1-1
TYPE= MEMBRANE *CAUTION: CHECK THE APPROPRIATE OPTION FOR
I SECTION 1WAY DISTRIBUTION = YES ADDING/REPLACING LOADS, AS IT WILL ALSO REPLACE
DEPTH VARYING: E12 & EI3 PARABOLIC VARIATION THE GRAVITY LOADING
*APPLY SW OF BLOCKS IN HORDI SLABS (USUALLY 1.5kPa) ❒
*MEMBRANE DOES NOT WORK FOR RAMPS ◘ CHECK AXIAL CAPACITY OF WALLS ❒
◘ WALL SECTIONS [W-<THK>] ❒ INPLANE MOMENT = M12
W-200 M11= M11+M12 ❒
MATERIAL= 40MPA M22=M22+M12 ❒
BENDING THK = MEMBRANE THK
TYPE= SHELL ◘ CHECK LOADS ON WALL ❒
CHECK LOADS APPLIED ON WALL ACCIDENTLY
◘ IRREGULAR SHAPES ❒ SELECT ONLY WALLS AND DISPLAY
ANY ODD SHAPE CAN TAKE AS SQUARE EQUIVALENT
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Just Before Running Model Checking Other
◘ PROPERTY MODIFIERS [ACI 10.11, UBC 1910.11] ◘ FILE > LAST ANALYSIS RUN LOG ❒ ◘ FILE/RUN ERRORS ❒
Ie = (Mcr/Ma)³ x Ig + [ 1-(Mcr/Ma)³ x Icr (ACI 9.5.2.3) "STRUCTURE IS UNSTABLE OR ILL CONDITIONED" IF THE FILE CAN'T BE SAVED OR CAN’T BE RUN
Mcr = fr. Ig / Yt and fr = 7.5 x (f'c^0.5) IN IMPERIAL UNITS SHOULD NOT APPEAR. THEN CHECK FOR DISCONTINUTIES, LIKE
SELECT BY LINE OBJECT > BEAMS ❒ A WALL DELETED ACCIDENTLY IN ONE STORY
I2=0.35 I3=0.35 J=0.35 ◘ DISPLACEMENTS ❒ AND PRESENT IN UPPER & LOWER STORIES ETC.
FOR GROUP = TORSION BEAMS ❒ SHOW TABLES > JOINT DISPLACEMENTS
I2=0.35 I3=0.35 J=1.00 ON ENV-SRV COMBINATIONS FOR ALL STRUCTURE ◘ COLUMN VS WALL ❒
SELECT BY LINE OBJECT > COLUMNS ❒ EXPORT TO EXCEL AND FIND UNUSUAL VALUES IF H/LEAST DIMENSION > 3, MODEL AS COLUMN (UBC)
I2= 0.7 I3=0.7 IF L> 4XTHK, MODEL AS COLUMN (ACI)
SELECT BY AREA OBJECT > WALLS ❒ ◘ DISPLAY > SHOW LOADS > FRAME ❒
m11= 0.7 AFTER DISTRIBUTION BY TRIBUTARY METHOD ◘ STIFFNESS OF SUPPORTS ❒
m22= 0.7 FOR PIN END COLS, K=3EI/L
m12= 0.7 ◘ BASE SHEAR ❒ FOR FIXED END COLS, K=4EI/L
IF AFTER ANALYSIS WALLS ARE CRACKED REPLACE SHOW TABLES > BUILDING OUTPUT > STORY SHEARS IF CORNER&EDGE COLS MODELLED AS
0.7 BY 0.35 BASED ON MODLUS OF RUPTURE SUPPORT ONLY, BENDING IS UNDERESTIMATED
*m11,m22,m12 affects t³ and f11,f22,f12 affects t* ◘ CHECK SEISMIC TIME PERIOD ❒ AT INTERIOR COLUMNS & SPANS
SELECT BY WALL/SLAB SECTIONS > ❒ PRINT> PRINT SUMMARY
SHELL SLAB SECTIONS ◘ SIZING OF MEMBERS
m11= 0.25 ◘ CHECK DRIFT ❒ bd² (in²) = 20Mu (K-ft)
m22= 0.25 PRINT> PRINT SUMMARY As (in²) = Mu (K-ft)/ 4d (in)
m12= 0.25 ETABS GIVES DRIFT RATIO AS 1/X FOR HOLLOW CORE ❒
* NO MODIFIERS FOR MEMBRANE SLAB SECTION* IF T< 0.7 THEN X > 0.7R/0.025 MIN BEAM DEPTH = 50mm+SLAB THK+300
* THESE MODIFIERS ARE APPLIED TO USE THE SAME MODEL IF T=> 0.7 THEN X> 0.7R/0.020 FOR DOUBLE TEE ❒
FOR LATERAL & GRAVITY ANALYSIS. (SEE ACI R8.8 & 10.10.4.1) MIN BEAM DEPTH=50mm+SLAB THK/2+300 TO 400
◘ MESH ◘ MODE SHAPES ❒
FOR WALLS & SHELL SECTIONS ❒ ◘ TIPS ❒
1m MAX MESH AREA SIZE ◘ AXIAL LOAD ON COL BY TRIBUTARY AREA ❒ WALL LOCAL AXIS 3-3 SHOULD ALL BE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE
FOR MEMBRANES ❒ SLAB LOCAL AXIS 3-3 SHOULD BE DRAWN ALL EITHER
NO MESH ◘ OPENINGS MODELLED? ❒ CLOCK OR ANTI CLOCKWISE FOR SAME ORIENTATION
LINE LOCAL AXIS
◘ CONCRETE & STEEL OVERWRITES ❒ ◘ DELETE UN-NECESSARY GROUPS ❒ AVOID LIGHT COLORS FOR SECTION PROPERTIES
SWAY TYPE = SWAY ORDINARY
◘ ANALYZE> CHECK MODEL ❒ ◘ FOR REVIEWING A MODEL ❒
◘ EXTRUDE TO CHECK GEOMETRY ❒ APPLY GROUP TO BAD ELEMENTS SHOW ALL STORIES (ALT+V+L)
CHECK LOAD TRANSFER ERROR RIGHT CLICK> VIEW ALL OBJECTS
◘ CHANGE STEEL CODE TO AISC 360-05 ❒ VIEW OPTIONS> DEFAULT
◘ WALL/COLUMN DISCONTINUITIES ❒
◘ DISPLAY> SHOW TABLES> MODIFIERS ❒ IF MODEL IS UNABLE TO RUN CHECK IF AT SOME STORIES ◘ CHECK TORSIONAL STABILITY ❒
WALLS/COLUMNS ARE DELETED ACCIDENTLY VIEW>3D VIEW>XY PLAN
◘ EDIT> AUTO RE LABEL ALL ❒ NOT MAKING A COMPLETE LOAD PATH CHECK ACCORDING TO UBC
TO HAVE ARRANGED NUMBERING OF SYSTEM VIEW OPTIONS> DEFAULT
◘ THICKNESS OF SHELLS ❒ * CHECK OTHER HOR & VER IRREGULARITIES
◘ END OFFSETS ❒ IF A SHELL IS DEFINED TOO THIN E.G. 1mm, TRY TO INCREASE
ALL OFFSETS SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC, EXCEPT END OFFSETS ITS THICKNESS AND CHECK LOG AFTER EACH RUN SO THAT
OF BEAMS RESTING ON BEAMS SHOULD BE CHECKED MODEL IS STABLE.
AND APPLIED MANUALLY, LIKE RIBS IN HCS SLABS
◘ BEAMS VS COLUMNS ❒
◘ RIGID ZONE FACTOR SHOULD BE ZERO BY DEFAULT ❒ ALL VERTICAL LINES SHOULD BE DEFINED AS COLUMNS
ALL HORIZONTAL LINES SHOULD BE DEFINED AS BEAMS
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