DESIGN LOADS FOR RCC APARTMENT BUILDING

1.DEAD LOAD

As per IS875:1987 PART 1 USING STAAD PRO

kN
DLPARTITION_WALLS ≔ 0.5 ――
m2
2.LIVE LOAD

As per IS875:1987 PART 2 TABLE 1-a

kN
for rooms and kitchen LLROOM_AND_KITCHEN ≔ 2 ――
m2

kN
for balconies and LLBALCONY_AND_PASSAGE ≔ 3 ――
passage m2

LLDESIGN_FLOOR ≔ max ⎛⎝LLROOM_AND_KITCHEN , LLBALCONY_AND_PASSAGE⎞⎠

kN
design live load for all floors LLDESIGN_FLOOR = 3 ――
m2
As per IS875:1987 PART 2 TABLE 2
kN
design live load for roof floor LLDESIGN_ROOF ≔ 1.5 ――
m2

3.WALL LOAD

height of the wall H ≔ 3.5 m

thickness of wall t ≔ 0.23 m

As per IS875:1987 PART 1 TABLE 2

kN kN
main wall load WLmain_wall ≔ t ⋅ H ⋅ 20 ――3
= 16.1 ――
m m

⎛t⎞ kN kN
partition wall load WLpartition_wall ≔ ⎜―⎟ ⋅ H ⋅ 20 ―― = 8.05 ――
⎝2⎠ m 3
m

4.WIND LOAD
4.WIND LOAD

As per IS875:2015 PART-3 Cl.NO:6.2

m
basic wind speed Vb ≔ 39 ―
s
As per IS875:2015 PART-3 TABLE-1

probability factor K1 ≔ 1

As per IS875:2015 PART-3 TABLE-2

terrain factor at 10m height K2_10m ≔ 1

terrain factor at 15m height K2_15m ≔ 1.05

terrain factor at 18.1m height K2_18.1m ≔ 1.0624

As per IS875:2015 PART-3 Cl.NO:6.3.3

topography factor K3 ≔ 1

As per IS875:2015 PART-3 Cl.NO:6.3.4

cyclone factor K4 ≔ 1

As per IS875:2015 PART-3 Cl.NO:6.3.

m
design wind speed at 10m ht VZ_10m ≔ Vb ⋅ K1 ⋅ K2_10m ⋅ K3 ⋅ K4 = 39 ―
s
m
design wind speed at 15m ht VZ_15m ≔ Vb ⋅ K1 ⋅ K2_15m ⋅ K3 ⋅ K4 = 40.95 ―
s
m
design wind speed at 18.1m VZ_18.1m ≔ Vb ⋅ K1 ⋅ K2_18.1m ⋅ K3 ⋅ K4 = 41.434 ―
ht s

As per IS875:2015 PART-3 Cl.NO:7.2.

kg kN
design wind pressure at 10m PZ_10m ≔ 0.6 ⋅ ――3
⋅ VZ_10m 2 = 0.913 ――
ht m m2

kg kN
design wind pressure at 15m PZ_15m ≔ 0.6 ⋅ ――3
⋅ VZ_15m 2 = 1.006 ――
ht m m2

kg kN
design wind pressure at PZ_18.1m ≔ 0.6 ⋅ ――3
⋅ VZ_18.1m 2 = 1.03 ――
18.1m ht m m2