Seismic Calculations for UBC 1997 Static Process for Regular Buildings

Dear ETABS users, this is coolest bliss and in this tutorial we will solve an example by UBC method and
then well compare it with ETABS. Remember, it is a very simple example, just to clear the concepts of
ETABS new users.
In the following pages, you will see some pictures and notes.

To understand this example, you will need at hand following things:1- UBC Seismic Calculation Sheet; CB Seis Ver 2.0 Download it.
Excel-2007 Format or Excel-2003 Format
If you want Visual Basic .EXE file download it from here.
2- UBC-97 Code (Chapter 16)
3- ETABS (Version 9.5.0)
And of course, A GOOD BRAIN.:-)

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We will make a model

with these parameters.

*2D model in XZ
*24ft wide bay
*12ft high four storeys

*Start a new model.

*Units kip-ft
*4 Storeys
*Each storey 12ft high
*Grid Only

24x24
Bays

2-Select
beam
option

5-Draw 2
columns
here.

4-Select
draw
column
option

3-Draw beam from

grid B to grid C as
shown

1-Change this
to ALL
STORIES

1-Select
elevation
shortcut.

2-Goto
Elevation 3

Select
this line
and
delete.

Goto this
option

Make self weight multiplier "ZERO" to

neglect self weights.

Select MASS SOURCE

OPTION

1-Select "FROM LOADS" because we will not

put any additional mass in this example and
no self weight...We will only put DL and LL so
select this option.

2-Enter these values

because we want our
seismic weight W = 100%
DL + 25% LL
(See UBC code)

Select all 4 lines to apply load

"4 LINES
SELECTED"

we will
put UDL

Put 2 kip/ft as DL towards

GRAVITY. Other values should
be as shown.

GET PREVIOUS
SELECTION

Dead Load =
2kip/ft

Keep all other

options same as
that of DL in
previous step and
put 1 kip/ft as LIVE
LOAD

Goto DEFINE>STATIC LOAD CASES

and define two new cases as
1-EQX as QUAKE according to UBC 97
and
2-EQY as QUAKE according to UBC 97

For EQX put all

values as shown in
form

Similarly for EQY...everything same,

except the direction....
(YOU CAN EVEN OMIT THIS EQY
LOAD CASE because we will run
our model as 2D only in XZ
direction.

Our model coordinates...

XY...as 2D

Click set analysis option

UNCHECK
DYNAMIC &
PDELTA
OPTIONS..

Select
XZ Plane

SAVE
YOUR
MODEL

RUN
ANALYSIS

DEFLECTED SHAPE IN
EQX
1-UNITS
should
be Kip-ft

2-Click
show
tables

Select
STORY
SHEARS

Before going to next step. Fill all the data

in this sheet

Note
storey
shears
For each storey
DL = 2x24 = 48 KIP
and
LL = 1x24 = 24 KIP

12 ft

Note
these
two
values

Check DL and LL
is same as you
put in excel
sheet.
Forget
about TOP
& BOTTOM
location..
they are
same in this
example

On the bottom
storey
(Storey-1, see
DL=192 and
LL=96) same
as in excel
sheet.

compare THICK RED CIRCLE storey

shears with excel sheet...storey
shear...they are same!

Display>Story Response Plots

Compare!

Check story shear this time

Show reactions
for EQX

Display>Show
Loads>Joint/
Points>select EQx....
compare with previous
page

This time...check
storey moment with
EXCEL SHEET

Value of DELTA S.
you have to put this
value in excel sheet

1-Right
click on
joint

Story drift ratio = Story

drift / Story Height

This is the
value of delta
S.

This is
the value
of story
drift ratio

Input data printed from excel sheet

UBC Seismic Calculations
Prepared By: coolest bliss

Job: Example-1

Checked By: -

Date: 30-Sep-10

SITEDATA
Building Location:

Pasrur, District Sialkot, Pakistan

Seismic Zone:

II-B

Seismic Zone Factor Z:

0.2

Soil Profile Type:

SD

Seismic Coefficients
Ca:

0.28

Na:

Cv:

0.4

Nv:

BUILDINGDATA
No. of Storeys:

Importance Factor:

Building Height:

48

Ct :

0.02

Building Period:

0.36

Response Factor:

5.5

Building Live Load:

96

LOADING
Building Dead Load:
Seismic Weight, W =

192
1 x DL + 0.25 x LL =

216

BASESHEAR
Eq 30-4:

43

Design Base Shear:

27

Eq 30-5:

27

Ft:

Eq 30-6:

CB Seis. Ver 1.0

UBC Seismic Calculations

CB Seis. Ver 1.0

Prepared By: coolest bliss

Building / Frame Data

Checked By: -

Height
h

Dead
Load
DL

ft

kip

kip

kip

48.00

192

96

216

Storey 1 12.00

48

24

54

Storey 2 12.00

48

24

Storey 3 12.00

48

Storey 4 12.00

48

Level

Seismic
Live Load
Weight
LL
wx

Job: Example-1
Date: 30-Sep-10

Total
Height
hx

wx.hx

Lateral
Force
Fx

Storey
Shear
Vx

s

Overturning
Moment

Storey
Drift

Drift
Limit

ft

kip-ft

kip

kip

in

kip-ft

in

in

6480

27.49

82

12.00

648

2.75

27

0.40396

660

0.40396

54

24.00

1296

5.50

25

0.62030

363

24

54

36.00

1944

8.25

19

0.76972

24

54

48.00

2592

11.00

11

0.85990

Drift
Check

Storey
Drift
Ratio

3.60

OK

0.00281

0.21635

3.60

OK

0.00150

132

0.14942

3.60

OK

0.00104

0.09018

3.60

OK

0.00063

Calculate

PRINT SUMMARY
REPORT

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PROJECT INFORMATION
Company Name

= Omrania & Associates

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STORY DATA
STORY

SIMILAR TO

STORY4
None
STORY3
STORY4
STORY2
STORY4
STORY1
STORY4
BASE
None

HEIGHT ELEVATION
12.000 48.000
12.000 36.000
12.000 24.000
12.000 12.000
0.000

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STATIC LOAD CASES
STATIC
CASE

CASE
TYPE

AUTO LAT
SELF WT NOTIONAL NOTIONAL
LOAD
MULTIPLIER FACTOR DIRECTION

DEAD
LIVE
EQX
EQY

DEAD
N/A
LIVE
N/A
QUAKE
UBC97
QUAKE
UBC97

0.0000
0.0000
0.0000
0.0000

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AUTO SEISMIC UBC97
Case: EQX

AUTO SEISMIC INPUT DATA

Direction: X
Typical Eccentricity = 5%
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Eccentricity Overrides: No
Period Calculation: Program Calculated
Ct = 0.02 (in feet units)
Top Story: STORY4
Bottom Story: BASE
R = 5.5
I=1
hn = 48.000 (Building Height)
Soil Profile Type = SD
Z = 0.2
Ca = 0.2800
Cv = 0.4000

AUTO SEISMIC CALCULATION FORMULAS

Ta = Ct (hn^(3/4))
If Z >= 0.35 (Zone 4) then:
If Tetabs <= 1.30 Ta then T = Tetabs, else T = 1.30 Ta
If Z < 0.35 (Zone 1, 2 or 3) then: If Tetabs <= 1.40 Ta then T = Tetabs, else T = 1.40 Ta
V = (Cv I W) / (R T)
V <= 2.5 Ca I W / R
V >= 0.11 Ca I W

(Eqn. 1)
(Eqn. 2)
(Eqn. 3)

If T <= 0.7 sec, then Ft = 0

If T > 0.7 sec, then Ft = 0.07 T V <= 0.25 V

AUTO SEISMIC CALCULATION RESULTS

Ta = 0.3647 sec
T Used = 0.5106 sec
W Used = 216.00

Check with
excel
sheet

V (Eqn 1) = 0.1424W
V (Eqn 2) = 0.1273W
V (Eqn 3) = 0.0308W
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V (Eqn 4) = 0.0465W
V Used = 0.1273W = 27.49
Ft Used = 0.00

AUTO SEISMIC STORY FORCES

STORY

FX

FY

FZ

MX

MY

MZ

STORY4
STORY3
STORY2
STORY1

11.00
8.25
5.50
2.75

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000

0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000

-527.825
-395.869
-263.913
-131.956

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AUTO SEISMIC UBC97
Case: EQY

AUTO SEISMIC INPUT DATA

Direction: Y
Typical Eccentricity = 5%
Eccentricity Overrides: No
Period Calculation: Program Calculated
Ct = 0.02 (in feet units)
Top Story: STORY4
Bottom Story: BASE
R = 5.5
I=1
hn = 48.000 (Building Height)
Soil Profile Type = SD
Z = 0.2
Ca = 0.2800
Cv = 0.4000
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AUTO SEISMIC CALCULATION FORMULAS

Ta = Ct (hn^(3/4))
If Z >= 0.35 (Zone 4) then:
If Tetabs <= 1.30 Ta then T = Tetabs, else T = 1.30 Ta
If Z < 0.35 (Zone 1, 2 or 3) then: If Tetabs <= 1.40 Ta then T = Tetabs, else T = 1.40 Ta
V = (Cv I W) / (R T)
V <= 2.5 Ca I W / R
V >= 0.11 Ca I W

(Eqn. 1)
(Eqn. 2)
(Eqn. 3)

If T <= 0.7 sec, then Ft = 0

If T > 0.7 sec, then Ft = 0.07 T V <= 0.25 V

AUTO SEISMIC CALCULATION RESULTS

Ta = 0.3647 sec
T Used = 0.5106 sec
W Used = 216.00
V (Eqn 1) = 0.1424W
V (Eqn 2) = 0.1273W
V (Eqn 3) = 0.0308W
V (Eqn 4) = 0.0465W
V Used = 0.1273W = 27.49
Ft Used = 0.00

AUTO SEISMIC STORY FORCES

STORY

FX

FY

FZ

MX

STORY4
STORY3
STORY2
STORY1

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

11.00
8.25
5.50
2.75

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000

MY

MZ

0.000 395.869
0.000 296.902
0.000 197.935
0.000 98.967

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MASS SOURCE DATA
MASS
FROM
Loads

LATERAL LUMP MASS

MASS ONLY AT STORIES
Yes

Yes

MASS SOURCE LOADS

LOAD
DEAD
LIVE

MULTIPLIER
1.0000
0.2500

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ASSEMBLED POINT MASSES
STORY

UX

UY

UZ

RX

RY

RZ

STORY4
1.678E+00 1.678E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
STORY3
1.678E+00 1.678E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
STORY2
1.678E+00 1.678E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
STORY1
1.678E+00 1.678E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
BASE
0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
Totals
6.713E+00 6.713E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00
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MODAL INFORMATION
Modal Analysis not done.
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TOTAL REACTIVE FORCES (RECOVERED LOADS) AT ORIGIN
LOAD

FX

FY

FZ

MX

MY

MZ

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DEAD
LIVE
EQX
EQY

4.441E-16 0.000E+00 1.920E+02 9.216E+03 -6.912E+03 -1.421E-14

2.220E-16 0.000E+00 9.600E+01 4.608E+03 -3.456E+03 -7.105E-15
-2.749E+01 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 -9.897E+02 1.320E+03
0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00 0.000E+00

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STORY FORCES
STORY

LOAD

STORY4
STORY3
STORY2
STORY1
STORY4
STORY3
STORY2
STORY1

EQX
EQX
EQX
EQX
EQY
EQY
EQY
EQY

VX

VY

1.776E-15 -1.100E+01
3.020E-14 -1.924E+01
2.132E-14 -2.474E+01
0.000E+00 -2.749E+01
0.000E+00 0.000E+00
0.000E+00 0.000E+00
0.000E+00 0.000E+00
0.000E+00 0.000E+00

0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00

MX
5.278E+02
9.237E+02
1.188E+03
1.320E+03
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00

MY
5.684E-14 -1.320E+02
1.478E-12 -3.629E+02
9.095E-13 -6.598E+02
0.000E+00 -9.897E+02
0.000E+00 0.000E+00
0.000E+00 0.000E+00
0.000E+00 0.000E+00
0.000E+00 0.000E+00

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STORY DRIFTS
STORY

DIRECTION LOAD

STORY4
STORY3
STORY2
STORY1

X
X
X
X

EQX
EQX
EQX
EQX

MAX DRIFT
1/1597
1/964
1/666
1/356

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