1.

Brief

The purpose of this document is to provide the calculation for the DC Combiner Box.

2. Code for Design

A) ASCE 7-10 Standard
B) AISC 360-10
C) DBC 2021

3. Material Selection
A) Grade of concrete for RCC – C30
B) Grade of concrete for PCC – C20

4. Load Calculation

4.1 Dead Load

Unit Weight of RCC = 25 kN/m3

Unit weight of PCC = 22 kN/m3
Self-Weight of the concrete = 1.600*0.05*22 = 1.76 kN
Weight of DCB box = 40 kg as per the catalogue = 0.4 kN

4.2 Wind load

 Basic wind speed, V = 45 m/sec – 3 sec gust
 Wind directionality factor, Kd = 0.85, as per ASCE7-16, Table 26.6-1 & Clause 26.6
 Exposure category – D, as per ASCE7-16 Clause 26.7.3
Kz = 1.03
 Topography factor, Kzt = 1.0, as per ASCE7-16 Clause 26.8.2
 Ground elevation factor, Ke = 1.0, as per ASCE7-16 Clause 26.9

Velocity pressure, qz = 0.613 Kz Kd Kzt KeV2

= 0.613*1.03*0.85*1.0*1.0*452

= 1086.78 N/m2

= 1.08 kN/m2

Therefore, UDL on the structure (L-angle 50505) = 1.08*0.05 = 0.054 kN/m

4.3 Seismic Load

 Risk Category = III, as per ASCE7-16, Table 1.5-1.

  Importance Factor, Ie = 1.25, as per ASCE7-16, Table 1.5-2.
 Response modification factor using Steel and concrete composite ordinary Moment
Frames, R = 3, as per ASCE7-16, Table12.2-1.
 Site class = C (Very dense soil and soft rock), as per ASCE7-16, Table 20.3-1.
 Spectral response acceleration parameter at short period, Ss = 0.51, as per DBC
2021, Table F.13
 Short Period site coefficient, Fa = 1.296, as per DBC 2021, Table F.14.
 Spectral response accelerated parameter at short period, as per ASCE7-16 Clause
11.4.4,
Sms = Fa*Ss
= 1.296*0.51 = 0.660
 Design spectral accelerated parameter, as per ASCE7-16 Clause 11.4.5,
SDS = (2/3)Sms
= 0.44
 Seismic response coefficient, as per ASCE7-16 Clause 12.8.1.1,
SDS
Cs = R = 0.183
Ie
 Seismic base shear, V = CsW
= 0.183*(1.76+0.4) = 0.395 kN
5. Load Combinations