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How To Calculate The Diaphragm Force
How To Calculate The Diaphragm Force
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LATBSDC 2014 ACI 318-14 NEHRP
(NIST GCR 10-917-4)
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• Building structures generally
comprise structural elements to
support gravity and lateral loads.
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• Diaphragms transmit inertial forces
from the floor system to the vertical
elements of the seismic force-resisting
system.
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Diaphragm in-plane forces:
Diaphragms span between, and
transfer forces to, vertical elements
of the lateral-force resisting system.
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Large diaphragm transfer
forces should be
anticipated at offsets or
discontinuities of the
vertical elements of the
seismic-force-resisting
system.
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• In general, low-rise buildings and buildings
with very stiff vertical elements such as
shear walls are more susceptible to floor
diaphragm flexibility problems than taller
structures.
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• Different parts of a diaphragm
include:
- Diaphragm slab
- Chords
- Collectors (Drag struts or
Distributors)
- Connections to the vertical
elements.
40-Story RC Building
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A B C D E F G H I J K M
8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0
4
8.0
3 19
3.0
2 m.
8.0
1
88.0 m.
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• Floor diaphragm at Story 20 will
be used as an example for
diaphragm design.
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• The force resultants in F11 direction on the floor diaphragm at Story 20
are shown below.
SC-1
F22 SC-1
F11
F11
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• Before obtaining forces, section cuts need to be defined.
SC-1
SC-1
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SC-1
SC-1
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• Define the section cut (SC-1) by
selecting the group (SC-1).
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• However, for this presentation, the section cuts of
this floor diaphragm are already defined as
follows:
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• Section cuts for diaphragm chords and shear.
DP-L20-01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
Moment
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F22 F22
• Locations of the
section cut for
collectors at the
core walls. CL-L20-01 CL-L20-02
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• Locations of the section cut for shear friction at
the core walls.
SF-L20-01 SF-L20-02
F22 F22
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F22
F11
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Y
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• Use the option “Draw Section Cut” to see the force distribution.
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• Display the results of section cut forces.
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• Select the considered load cases and force directions.
V M
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• Rearrange all information for design.
V M
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L01
L20
L39
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Story
L01
-25,000 -21749
-20,000
-15,000
Moment (KN-m)
1,500
932 933
1,000 753 694 681
603
420
Shear (KN)
-2797 -2923
-5,000
0
5,000
2911 3036
10,000
8612
15,000 10423 10426
13634 15022 15020 13718
20,000 16853 16887
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Distance (m)
2,000 1486
1312 1282 1263
1,500
915
1,000 691 698 611
224 343
500 177
Shear (KN)
0
-500 -177
-292 -275
-1,000 -548
-753 -771 -842
-1,500 -1206
-1369 -1354 -1414
-2,000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
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Story
L39
0
-500
-354 -196
-1,000 -571 -680
-1,500 -896
-1267 -1103 -1110
-2,000
-1713 -1825
-2,500 -1948
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
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-30,000
-20,000
-10,000
Moment (KN-m)
10,000
20,000
30,000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Distance (m) L01 L20 L39
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
Shear (KN)
0
-500
-1,000
-1,500
-2,000
-2,500
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Distance (m) L01 L20 L39
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Collectors Collector Connection to Shear Wall
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A long collector with confinement Shear Friction Rebar
reinforcement
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