12.02.

2019

STORY DRIFT IN A
BUILDING

PRACTICAL
APPROACH
WITH STAAD

Engineering Department

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 IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS
EFFECTIVE SEISMIC WEIGHT:
Reference : ASCE 7-2010

Pls. note : Above the base

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SEISMIC BASE SHEAR:

Pls. note : SDs will be calculated based on values of S1 & Ss as per Geotechnical report

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SEISMIC STORY SHEAR:

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WIND BASE SHEAR:

In Staad these values can be feed to generate load automatically

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Wind Base Shear = Design Wind Pressure x Subjected surface area of the structure
In Staad Design wind pressure can be calculated based on above equations and input manually
based on surface area being contributed.

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WIND STORY SHEAR:

IT IS PART OF WIND BASE SHEAR SHARED BY PARTICULAR STORY BASED ON SURFACE AREA
WHICH IS SUBJECTED TO WIND PRESSURE

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STORY DRIFT:
The horizontal deflection at the top of the story
relative to the bottom of the story

Earthquake forces

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STORY DRIFT RATIO:

The story drift divided by the story height

e.g.
Story drift Ratio ( second floor ) = d3
Height of the second floor

Note : Staad does not provide story drift ratio but providing
maximum drifts / displacements.

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ALLOWABLE STORY DRIFTS FOR SEISMIC FORCES:

Note : Above table does not mention about drift for full building height

0.02hx = hx/50 , hx = L in staad

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ALLOWABLE STOREY DRIFTS FOR WIND FORCES:

BNBC ( Bangladesh National Building Code based on ASCE )

0.0017 l = l/600 , l = L in staad

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ALLOWABLE STORY DRIFTS AS PER RC GEM -2016:

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EXAMPLE
Consider a frame from a building

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STAAD OUTPUT:

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Drift at EL 10.04 ( Upper Roof )
Load case 13 : DL + WLz
Drift = 8.628 mm (at the top of structure)
Ratio = L/ 1175
I.e. 10400 / 1175 = 8.628 mm
Allowable drift = L/ 600 = 10400 / 600 = 17.33 mm
Actual drift < Allowable drift , Hence OK.

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STORY DRIFT DUE TO SEISMIC FORCES

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Maximum drift at EL. 7.1 = 6.519 mm
Drift at EL. 3.75 at vertically aligned node for same load
case = 3.273 mm

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THANK YOU

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