MINIMUM DESIGN EARTHQUAKE

HORIZONTAL LATERAL FORCE BUILDINGS

( CLAUSE 7.5.1)
Buildings and portions there of shall be
designed and constructed, to resist at
SEISMIC ZONE P%
least the effects of design lateral force
|| 0.7 specified in 7.5.1. But, regardless of
||| 1.1 design earthquake forces, buildings shall
have lateral load resisting systems
|V 1.6
capable of resisting a horizontal force not
V 2.4 less than P percent of the seismic weight
of the building as shown in Table. This
load may be applied at different floor
levels in proportion to the seismic weight
of respective floors.
LATERAL ACCELERATION

FROM SERVICEABILITY
CONSIDERATIONS, (HUMAN COMFORT)
UNDER STANDARD WIND LOADS WITH
RETURN PERIOD OF 10 YEARS, THE
MAXIMUM STRUCTURAL PEAK
COMBINED LATERAL ACCELERATION
Amax IN THE BUILDING FOR ALONG
AND ACROSS WIND ACTIONS AT ANY TABLE 4 PERMISSIBLE PEAK COMBINED ACCELERATION
FLOOR LEVEL SHALL NOT EXCEED
VALUES GIVEN IN TABLE, WITHOUT OR
WITH THE USE OF WIND DAMPERS IN THE
BUILDING.
SLENDERNESS RATIO
THE MAXIMUM VALUES OF THE RATIO OF HEIGHT
H TO MINIMUM BASE WIDTH SHALL NOT EXCEED
VALUES GIVEN IN TABLE
PLAN ASPECT RATIO
THE MAXIMUM PLAN ASPECT RATIO (L/B)
OF THE OVERALL BUILDING SHALL NOT
EXCEED 5.0

Building should be well-proportioned in

keeping with the known tenets of
acceptable upper limits of overall
slenderness ratio and plan aspect ratio.