Sample Problem

ASCE 7-05 Seismic Provisions

A Beginner’s Guide to ASCE 7-05

Dr. T. Bart Quimby, P.E.

Quimby & Associates
www.bgstructuralengineering.com

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 The Problem Definition
The wood framed
office building shown
here is to be
constructed in a
“suburban” area in
Juneau, Alaska out
near the airport. The
site conditions consist
of deep alluvial
deposits with a high
water table.

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Other Given Data
 Roof DL = 15 psf
 Typical Floor DL = 12 psf
 Partition Load = 15 psf
 Snow Load = 30 psf
 Exterior Wall DL = 10 psf

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Determine the Seismic Design
Category

 The building is in Occupancy Category II

 Get SS and S1 from the maps or online
Using USGS software with a 99801 zip code:
SS = 61.2%; S1 = 28.9%
 The building Site Class is D
 From Tables
Fa = 1.311; Fv = 1.822

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Seismic Design Category
continued….

 Determine SMS and SM1

SMS = FaSS = 1.311(0.612) = 0.802
SM1 = FvS1 = 1.822(0.289) = .526

 Determine SDS and SD1

SDS = (2/3) SMS = 2(0.802)/3 = 0.535
SD1 = (2/3) SM1 = 2(0.526)/3 = 0.351

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 Seismic Design Category
continued….

 SD1 = 0.351
 SDS = 0.535
 Use Seismic
Design
Category D

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 Categorize the Plan Irregularities

 Categorize the Plan Irregularities

 The building has re-entrant corners (type 2) since
the projection is more than 15% of dimension
0.15(40’) = 6’ < 10’ and 0.15(60’) = 9’ < 30’
 No Vertical Irregularities

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Determine the Analysis Method

 Use ELF Method

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Determine R, I, and Ta
 From Table 5.2.2, R = 6.5 for bearing wall systems
consisting of light framed walls with shear panels.

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Determine I and Ta

 From Table 11.5-1, I = 1.0

 Determine the approximate fundamental

period for the building (Section 12.8.2.1)

Ta = 0.020(40’)3/4 = .318 sec.

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Determine Cs
From section 12.8.1.1:
Cs = SDS/(R/I) = .535/(6.5/1) = 0.0823
lower limit = 0.01
TL = 12 (Figure 22-17)
Upper limit = SD1/(T(R/I)) = .351/(.318*6.5/1)
Upper limit = 0.169

USE CS = 0.0823

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 Determine Building Weight
Roof: Area Unit Weight
ft^2 psf lb
Roof 2040 15 30600
Ext. Walls 1120 10 11200
Snow/4 2040 12.5 25500
67300

Typ. Floor Area Unit Weight

ft^2 psf lb
Roof 2040 12 24480
Ext. Walls 2240 10 22400
Partitions 2040 15 30600
77480
Total Building Level Weight
k
Roof 67.3
4th flr 77.48
3rd flr 77.48
2nd flr 77.48
299.74

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 Compute the Base Shear, V

V = CsW = 0.0823(299.74 k) = 24.67 k

 This is the total lateral force on the structure.

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 Compute the Vertical Distribution

Base Shear, V = 24.67 kips k= 1

Level wx hx wxhxk Cvx Fx

(k) (ft) (ft-k) (k)
Roof 67.3 40 2692 0.367 9.05
4th floor 77.48 30 2324.4 0.317 7.81
3rd floor 77.48 20 1549.6 0.211 5.21
2nd floor 77.48 10 774.8 0.106 2.60
Sum: 299.74 7340.8 1.000 24.67

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Typical Level Horizontal Distribution
 Load is
distributed
according to
mass
distribution.
 Since the loading
is symmetrical,
each of the two
supporting shear
walls receives
half the story
shear.

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Determine the Design Shear Force for the
Shearwall on Grid A and the 2nd Floor

 Story shear
from structural
analysis is
11.03 kips

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 Compute E

 There is no Dead Load story shear so

 E = DQE = 1.0 (11.03 k ) = 11.03 k
 D = 1.0 since the stories resisting more than
35% of the base shear conform to the
requirements of Table 12.3-3 (other).
 QE = 11.03 k

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ASCE 7 Load Combinations
See ASCE 7-05 2.3 & 2.4

LRFD
5: 1.2(0) + 1.0(11.03) + (0) + 0.2(0) = 11.03 k
7: 0.9(0) + 1.0(11.03) = 11.03 k
ASD
5: (0) + 0.7(11.03) = 7.72 k
6: (0) + 0.75(0.7(11.03)) + 0.75(0) + 0.75(0) = 5.79 k
8: 0.6(0) + 0.7(11.03) = 7.72 k

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ASCE 7-05 Load Combinations
 Combinations 3 & 4 have E in them.
 For the wall shear:
 D=L=0
 E = 11.23 k
 Design Wall Shear = 11.23 k

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