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What‘s Shakin‘?
Seismic Compliance
LV/MV Product Lines
Brian Campbell
Senior Product Engineer
Gary Gluck
Consulting Business Developer
Siemens
June 17, 2011
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Overview
 Importance of Seismic Codes
 Seismic variables
 Siemens compliance levels
 OSHPD seismic pre-approvals
 Dynamic Shake testing
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Region / Sector / Division / Department
Tale of 2 Cities – Recent Earthquakes
 Port-au-Prince, Haiti Quake  Santiago, Chile quake

 M7.3 Moment magnitude scale  M8.8 Moment magnitude
 222,000 deaths. 300,000 injured  486 deaths
 1.3 million made homeless  200,000 homes damaged

 Destroyed Presidential Palace,  So powerful, made earthday
National Assembly building 1 μ-sec longer
 2 major quakes since 1860  Santiago avg 2 major quakes / year
 Building codes – limited seismic  Building codes – strict seismic

What do your specifications look like for seismic?
If you are using the new CSI formatted specifications, you
probably have a section that looks like this:
This spec section will have some definitions and some

requirements for submittals. It may even have a section
entitled project conditions that looks like the following:

The problem with this specification is that it is
uses obsolete terms, concepts and data
The balance of this presentation will cover

what the current building codes require,
what a manufacturer needs to do in order to
comply with code, and suggestions for
updating your specifications.

Seismic Codes – United States
Current Codes
 IBC – International Building Code, 2009
 Adopted throughout U.S. Basis for shake table testing
 CBC – California Building Code, 2010
 Seismic sections – identical to IBC
 ASCE – Design Loads for Bldgs, 2010
 American Society of Civil Engineers
 Basis for IBC seismic sections
Obsolete Codes
 Regional Codes – merged to create IBC code (2000)
 BOCA – Building Officials and Code Administrators –
East Coast
 UBC – Uniform Building Code – West Coast
 SBC – Standard Building Code – Southeast

Seismic Terms - change over time
Obsolete Obsolete In Force
Seismic Performance Seismic Design

Seismic Zone
Category Category
Zone 2
Classification A, B, C, D, E A, B, C, D, E, F
Zone 4
Location
Criteria for Location
Location Building use
Classification Building use
Soil type
UBC 1997
SBC 1999
Model Codes SBC 1991 IBC 2000 +
BOCA 1999
BOCA 1990

Obsolete terms
Obsolete terms since 2003-IBC introduced:
 Zone 2
 Zone 4
 Seismic Use Group

Do these terms still show up in your specs/drawings?

These building code changes require that specifications that look like this:

Look more like this:
[Manufacturer Seismic Qualification: The low voltage switchboard(s) shall meet and be
certified to seismic requirements specified in the [IBC 2009 International Building Code]
[CBC 2010 California Building Code] [ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers 7-10].
The low voltage switchboard(s) shall be complaint with IBC 2009 parameters:
Building Occupancy Category (as defined in Table 1.1 from ASCE 2010): [I] [II]
[III] [IV]
Seismic Design Category: [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F]
Site Class: [A – Hard Rock] [B - Rock] [C – Very dense soil and soft rock] [D –
Stiff soil profile] [E – Soft Soil Profile] [F – Soil vulnerable to potential failure or
collapse under seismic loading] as defined in IBC 2006 Table 1613.5.2 Site Class
Definitions
Ip – Importance Factor: [1.5 – Components must function after an earthquake
for life safety purposes (Building Occupancy Code IV)] [1.0 – Non-essential
buildings. Function not life critical. (Building Occupancy Code I and II)]
Ss – Mapped Spectral Accelerations for Short Periods at 0.2 seconds – [239%g]
[300%g – for RCS rear connected switchboards only]
Sds – 5% Damped Design Spectral Response Accelerations for Short Periods at
0.2 seconds – [XXXX]

Calculate design earthquake Forces - ASCE
Occupancy
Category, Bldg
function
Bldg height &
Ip = Importance
mounting floor
factor
Fp = design Force
SS = Spectral
Site class =
accel, design
soil properties
earthquake
Wp = Weight of
product
Fp = (.4) (.67) SS Wp Ip
Mounted @ ground level
2.5 Site Class D
IBC - Building Use
Occupancy Category
 1 – Low hazard to human life. Storage, temp facility
 2 – Average hazard to human life.
 3 – Substantial hazard. > 300 people. School, Factory, etc.
 4 – Essential, human life critical. Hospital, fire station,
emergency center, aviation traffic, etc.
IP - Importance factor
 IP = 1.5, component must function after earthquake
 life-safety purpose
 All Occupancy Category 4 bldgs
 Example: SWBD in hospital
 IP = 1.0, non-essential bldgs. Function not critical
IBC - Site Class
A, B, C, D, E, F
based on soil type
used during design of structure
 Site Class A hard rock
 Site Class D stiff soil, most common
 Site Class F peat, loose soils

Seismic Design Category
A, B, C, D, E, F
Inputs to Seismic Design Category:
 Location
 Building Use (Occupancy Category)
 Soil Type (Site Class)

Seismic Design Category Graphically
This is essentially what constituted the old

Zone 4
Seismic Design
Category
SS = Spectral
accel, design
earthquake

Switchboard frame strengthened for Seismic
Siemens
drawings
will show
the bolt-
down
pattern. An
engineer
will still
need to
perform
calcs for
torque Non-seismic frame Seismic frame
Corner Gussets added
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Seismic Spectral acceleration
Maximum Considered Earthquake

Seismic Spectral acceleration
Maximum Considered Earthquake
SS = 2.90g Mapped Max considered earthquake (California)

SDS = 1.93g Seismic design spectral accel, short period (0.2 sec)
SDS Seismic design spectral acceleration,
short period (0.2 sec)
For high seismic zones:
SDS = 0.67 * SS (Mapped Max considered earthquake)
 California Maximum SDS = 1.93g(this value varies greatly across

the state!!)
 Proposed changes to 2012-IBC would increase SDS up to 2.49g
in California!
SDS values - shown in Compliance Document
DO NOT SPECIFY SDS = 1.93 FOR CONVENIENCE!!!

THIS WILL UNECESSARILY ADD COST TO YOUR PROJECT. USE THE
VALUE APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR PROJECT LOCATION!!!

Specific Seismic Hazard information is available
on the USGS website.
First, calculate Ss
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/designmaps/javacalc.php
For this example, Beverly Hills is chosen

We can now calculate SDS

This pop up window will appear. Once you click OK, the
values shown will update the previously viewed table
Choose Site Class

(A, B, C, D, E, F)
“D” most common

This is the
value that This is the Sds
the SDs of value that our
the equipment must
equipment exceed in order
must to comply with
exceed. IBC2009

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/designmaps/javacalc.php
LV Seismic Compliance

BTLV Seismic Compliance – 2009 IBC
Seismic brochures for all Siemens LV equipment:

Superseded Standards
http://www.sea.siemens.com/us/Products/PowerDistribution/Product/WL-Low-Voltage-Switchgear/Pages/WL-LV-Switchgear-
Technical-Overview.aspx
OSHPD

Shake Table Testing
10 x 10 hexagon table
Independent tri-
tri-axial system
Pittsburgh, PA

Input Motions
 Resonant Frequency Search – sweep 1 to 33 Hz
 Input Motion – 3 axes separately (X, Y, Z)
STAY AWAY
FROM
60HZ!!

Criteria to Pass Seismic Test
 Essential buildings Ip = 1.5 (Hospitals, etc)

 Elect. equipment - remain operable following seismic test
 Anchoring system intact
 No life-safety hazard due to collapse or subassembly separation
 Minor structural damage in frame - allowed
 non-Essential buildings Ip = 1.0

 Equip. operable or not operable, following seismic test
 Anchoring system intact
 No life-safety hazard due to collapse or subassembly separation
 Minor structural damage in frame - allowed

What should your specifications look like?
A.Manufacturer Seismic Qualification: The low voltage

switchboard(s) shall meet and be certified to seismic
requirements specified in the CBC 2010 California
Building Code.
1. The low voltage switchboard(s) shall be compliant with IBC 2009

parameters
 Building Occupancy Category (as defined in
Table 1.1 from ASCE 2010): [I] [II] [III] [IV]
 The low voltage switchboard(s) shall be
compliant with IBC 2009 parameters:
 Seismic Design Category: [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F]

c. Site Class: [A – Hard Rock] [B - Rock] [C – Very dense soil and
soft rock] [D – Stiff soil profile] [E – Soft Soil Profile] [F – Soil
vulnerable to potential failure or collapse under seismic
loading] as defined in IBC 2006 Table 1613.5.2 Site Class
Definitions
d. Ip – Importance Factor: [1.5 – Components must function

after an earthquake for life safety purposes (Building
Occupancy Category IV)] [1.0 – Non-essential buildings.
Function not life critical. (Building Occupancy Category I and
II)]
e. Sds – 5% Damped Design Spectral Response Accelerations for

Short Periods at 0.2 seconds –xxxx (Location Specific, may be
available from architect or can be derived from USGS application)

Q&A
Questions?
Gary Gluck
Consulting Business Developer
BTLV – Southern CA
Gary.gluck@siemens.com
Phone 818-321-3769


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What‘s Shakin‘?

June 17, 2011

 Importance of Seismic Codes

 Siemens compliance levels

 OSHPD seismic pre-approvals

 Dynamic Shake testing

Protection notice / Copyright notice

 Port-au-Prince, Haiti Quake  Santiago, Chile quake

 222,000 deaths. 300,000 injured  486 deaths

 1.3 million made homeless  200,000 homes damaged

 2 major quakes since 1860  Santiago avg 2 major quakes / year

 Building codes – limited seismic  Building codes – strict seismic

Protection notice / Copyright notice

This spec section will have some definitions and some

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The balance of this presentation will cover

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Seismic Performance Seismic Design

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Obsolete terms since 2003-IBC introduced:

 Seismic Use Group

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 Site Class A hard rock

 Site Class D stiff soil, most common

 Site Class F peat, loose soils

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Inputs to Seismic Design Category:

 Building Use (Occupancy Category)

 Soil Type (Site Class)

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This is essentially what constituted the old

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SS = 2.90g Mapped Max considered earthquake (California)

For high seismic zones:

SDS = 0.67 * SS (Mapped Max considered earthquake)

 California Maximum SDS = 1.93g(this value varies greatly across

SDS values - shown in Compliance Document

DO NOT SPECIFY SDS = 1.93 FOR CONVENIENCE!!!

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For this example, Beverly Hills is chosen

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Choose Site Class

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Seismic brochures for all Siemens LV equipment:

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 Resonant Frequency Search – sweep 1 to 33 Hz

 Input Motion – 3 axes separately (X, Y, Z)

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 Essential buildings Ip = 1.5 (Hospitals, etc)

 non-Essential buildings Ip = 1.0

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A.Manufacturer Seismic Qualification: The low voltage

1. The low voltage switchboard(s) shall be compliant with IBC 2009

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d. Ip – Importance Factor: [1.5 – Components must function

e. Sds – 5% Damped Design Spectral Response Accelerations for