CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES

Volume: 03 Issue: 04 | April 2022, ISSN: 2660-5317

accordance with the following formula:

Vi = … (2)

Where:
Vi – horizontal seismic design force in i-th level
Wj, Wi – the weight of i-th and j-th floor
Hj, Hi – the height of i-th and j-th floor from the top of the foundation
N – total number of levels

B- Factors and Coefficients:

The Structural system coefficient (K) is specified in Iraq seismic code requirements for buildings (1997)
Table 3-4, and equal to 1
Importance factor (I) is specified in Iraq seismic code requirements for buildings (1997) Table 3-2, and equal
to 1
The seismic hazard and zoning coefficient (Z) specified in Iraq seismic code requirements for buildings (1997)
Table 16-I, for zone 2, Z = 0.05

Iraq seismic code (ISC2017) [2]

Iraqi Seismic Code 2017 present the seismic coefficients for all regions of Iraq and the calculation
method for calculating the total horizontal design seismic force. Fig. (2-a) shows the Iraqi map of spectral
response acceleration at 0.2 sec, and Fig. 2-b shows the Iraqi map of spectral response acceleration at 1 sec.
The spectral response, acceleration at 0.2 seconds Ss, and acceleration at 1.0 seconds S1.

A- 0.2 second acceleration (ISC 2017) B- 1 second acceleration (ISC2017)

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