BASE SHEAR CALCULATIONS ACCORDING TO THE EQUIVALENT

LATERAL FORCE METHOD AS PER ASCE 7-10

PRELIMINARY DATA

Note
Center to center lengths/ mean girth method is used to calculate overall lengths in this sheet

1. Structural definition
Column width wc ≔ 230 mm Beam width wb ≔ 230 mm
Column thickness tc ≔ 230 mm Beam thickness tb ≔ 600 mm
Column height hc ≔ 3 m Beam Overall length lb ≔ 69.3 m
Total number of columns nc ≔ 4

Slab thickness ts ≔ 200 mm Wall thickness tw ≔ 230 mm

Slab length ls ≔ 5.77 m Wall height hw ≔ 3 m
Slab width ws ≔ 5.77 m Wall overall length lw ≔ 46.2 m
Total No. of bays nb ≔ 1 Parapet wall height hp ≔ 1.5 m
No. of story nst ≔ 3 Parapet wall overall length lp ≔ 23.1 m
Height of structure h≔9 m

2. Material properties
kN kN
Unit weight of concrete γc ≔ 25 ―― Unit weight of brickwork γb ≔ 20 ――
m3 m3

3. Loads
Floor live load qk1 ≔ 3 kPa
Roof live load qk2 ≔ 1 kPa
Floor finishes gk ≔ 1 kPa

BASE SHEAR, V
 BASE SHEAR, V
Note
All quoted sections, tables and equations hereafter are deem to have been read off from ASCE 7-10

Equation 12.8-1

a. Seismic Weight, W Section 12.7.2

Seismic weight is inclusive of;
1- Dead load
2- Seismic live load (25% of floor live loads)

Dead load / Selfweight

1-Slabs Ws ≔ γc ⋅ ts ⋅ ls ⋅ ws ⋅ nb ⋅ nst = 499.394 kN

2-Beams Wb ≔ γc ⋅ tb ⋅ lb ⋅ wb = 239.085 kN

3-Columns Wc ≔ γc ⋅ tc ⋅ hc ⋅ wc ⋅ nc ⋅ nst = 47.61 kN

4-Floor finishes Wf ≔ gk ⋅ ls ⋅ ws ⋅ nst = 99.879 kN

5-Wall Ww ≔ γb ⋅ tw ⋅ hw ⋅ lw = 637.56 kN

6-Parapet wall Wp ≔ γc ⋅ tw ⋅ hp ⋅ lp = 199.238 kN

Total Dead load Wdead ≔ Ws + Wb + Wc + Wf + Ww + Wp

Wdead = 1722.765 kN

Seismic live load

Wseismic ≔ 25% qk1 ⋅ ls ⋅ ws ⋅ nb ⋅ ⎛⎝nst - 1⎞⎠ + 25% qk2 ⋅ ls ⋅ ws

Total seismic live Wseismic = 58.263 kN

load

Design Seismic W ≔ Wdead + Wseismic = 1781.027 kN

weight, W

b. Seismic response coefficient

b. Seismic response coefficient

equation 12.8-2

Cs shall not be more than;

equation 12.8-3
Checks Maximum Value of Cs

Cs shall not be less than; equation 12.8-5

Checks Minimum Value of Cs

Where;

equation 11.4-3

Where;
equation 11.4-1

equation 11.4-2

fig 22-1, 22-3 and 22-5

Important site Conditions

 Important site Conditions
Importance factor Ie ≔ 1.25 Table 1.5-2
Response modification factor R≔5 Table 12.2-1
Risk category 3 Table 1.5-1
Site class D Table 20.3-1

Fundamental period equation 12.8-7

For Concrete moment resisting frames,

Ct ≔ 0.0466 Table 12.8-2
x ≔ 0.9 Table 12.8-2

Ta ≔ Ct ⋅ h x = 0.337

Long period translation TL ≔ 8 fig 22-1, 22-3 and 22-5

Note
The above empirical fundamental period in the code does not account for increase in mass, and
stiffness of the structure.
Therefore it might under estimate the period as story and mass increases.
The computer period generated period is thus compared with that from the empirical formulae and
the absolute maximum taken in design

Etabs generated period Te ≔ 0.471 Etabs 18 Software

Design Period T ≔ max ⎛⎝Ta , Te⎞⎠ = 0.471

Note
Spectral response acceleration parameter at short periods for Uganda was not available at the time
of drafting this sheet, a value of 2.28 was adopted as per zip code 94704 of US with same site
condition as Uganda

Ss ≔ 2.28 fig 22-1, 22-3 and 22-5

S1 ≔ 0.95 fig 22-1, 22-3 and 22-5

Fa ≔ 1.0 Table 11.4-1

Fv ≔ 1.5 Table 11.4-2

Therefore;
SMS ≔ Fa ⋅ Ss = 2.28 equation 11.4-1
SM1 ≔ Fv ⋅ S1 = 1.425 equation 11.4-2

2
SDS ≔ ―SMS = 1.52 equation 11.4-3
3
2
SD1 ≔ ―SM1 = 0.95 equation 11.4-4
3
SDS
Seismic response coefficient Cs ≔ ―― = 0.38 equation 12.8-2
⎛R⎞
⎜― ⎟
⎝ Ie ⎠

Check Maximum Seismic response coefficient

Check Maximum Seismic response coefficient
⎛ SD1 ⋅ TL SD1 ⎞
Cs_max ≔ if ⎜T > TL , ――― , ――― ⎟ = 0.504 equation 12.8-3
⎜ 2 ⎛ R ⎞ ⎛ R ⎞ ⎟
T ⎜― ⎟ T ⎜― ⎟
⎜⎝ ⎝ Ie ⎠ ⎝ Ie ⎠ ⎟⎠

Check Minimum Seismic response coefficient

Cs_min ≔ max ⎛⎝0.044 SDS ⋅ Ie , 0.01⎞⎠ = 0.084 equation 12.8-5

Check Final absolute value of Seismic response coefficient

Cs ≔ if ⎛⎝Cs > Cs_min , Cs , Cs_min⎞⎠ = 0.38 Check Minimum Cs limit

Cs ≔ if ⎛⎝Cs > Cs_max , Cs_max , Cs⎞⎠ = 0.38 Check Maximum Cs limit

Cs = 0.38 Final value

Therefore;
Base shear V ≔ Cs ⋅ W = 676.79 kN