Earthquake Resistant Design of Multistory Building in

Different Seismic Zones

Abstract Moment Contours

• This project presents comparison of design of To Learn the design softwares ETABS &
multistory building in different seismic zones

Objective
SAFE.
of Pakistan. Earthquake become important
design consideration from recent past years.
In multistory buildings earthquake become To learn the design process and

Maximum Column size is 900 X 900 mm.

Maximum Beam size is 525 X 750 mm.

Slab Thickness provided is 200 mm

very serious and challenge task for engineers. application of design codes in order to
Computer aided analysis and design by develop professional skills.
softwares like ETABS & SAFE become very
common. Super structure has been designed
using ETABS while the substructure is To observe the size and reinforcement as well
designed on the SAFE. as cost variation of different Structural Column Reinforcement
member such as beams, columns and shear
walls in different seismic zones .

Building Description
 Proposed Girls Hostel For Shalimar Medical & Dental
College
 No of Stories are 7 with no basement.
 Story Height is 11 feet
 One Lift Well
 Shear Walls Soil Pressure Diagram
 Water tank at Roof
 Plan Area of Building is 5528 square feet

CODE
 ACI 318-08 (Building Code
Requirement for structural
concrete
 UBC 97 ( Uniform Building code
1997)
 ASCE 7-10 ( Minimum Design
Loads for Buildings & other
Structure)
Design Criteria
UBC 97 Seismic Loading Soil Parameters
Material Strength
 Concrete Strength for Beams &  Seismic Zone factors are  Geotechnical Investigations Design Comparison
Slab is taken as 27 MPA assigned according to UBC 97 reveal that the allowable Characteristic ZONE 2A ZONE 2B ZONE 3
 Concrete Strength for Columns  Seismic Zones are SB,SC & SD bearing capacity of the soil Column Size( mm) 900 x 900 900 x 900 900 x 900
is taken as 40 MPA and for  Assumed Soil type is SD (For underneath is 100kpa. Beam Size (mm) 750 x 525 750 x 525 750 x 525
shear walls as 27 MPA FOS for all zones soil type is SD  Geotechnical reports suggest Reinforcement ratio 2.5% 3.6% 5.2%
 Steel of Grade 60 with yield which is Stiff Soil) Raft foundation, Shear Wall Thickness
300 300 450
Strength of 420 MPA  Over Strength factor is 5.5  Maximum allowable (mm)
 Importance Factor is 1 settlement is 50 mm
Base Shear (KN) 8500 10000 13500

Raft thickness provided is 42” i-e 1050 mm

ETABS Model 3-D View PLAN View It is not recommended to provide shear wall thickness over 450 mm rather we
increase no of shear walls in severe earthquake zones as in zone 3. Detailing
requirements are also changes from zone to zone .

Conclusions
 Earthquake Resistant design of RCC building on ETABS is fast & easy
while doing this practice manually will be time consuming and
chances of errors are more but manual calculations can be made to
counter check the design.
 We can easily check the behavior of specific structural member in
different seismic zones.
 More no of Shear wall may require in severe seismic zones to
overcome large amount of base shear.
 Output from ETABS is easy to understand and to transfer information
for the preparation of structural drawings and rough estimate of cost
can de made.
 Compatibility of ETABS and SAFE made it possible to design the
substructure and slabs in a quick way.

References Project Advisor

Reinforced Concrete Mechanics & Design Dr. Asad Ullah Qazi
Professor
By James K. Wight & James G. Macgregor Structural Engineering Division , CED, UET LHR
Design of Concrete Structures 14E Group Members
By H. Nilson, David Darwin, Charles W. Dolan  Sohaib Khan 2012-CIV-183
 Abdul Ghaffar 2012-CIV-200
 M. Haroon 2012-CIV-204
 Muath.K.Sarhan 2012-CIV-238

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology Lahore