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NationalTechnicalStandard
NTE.E30EarthquakeResistantDesign(2003)
NationalBuildingCodeTechnicalStandardofBuilding
E.030EarthquakeResistantDesign
(PDFFileEnglishVersion)

Issuedby
Revision

MinistryofHousing,ConstructionandSanitation

Thehorizontalforceortotalshearforceatthebasedueto
earthquakeshallbecalculatedbythefollowingformula:
(seeFig.1)

where:
Z=zoningcoefficientaccordingtoTable1
U=factorofimportanceandusegiveninTable1
S=soilfactorgiveninTable2
C=seismiccoefficientaccordingtoTable3
R=reductioncoefficientgiveninTable4
P=weightofthestructureaccordingtoTable5

Table1
ZoningCoefficient(Z)
Itdependsoftheseismiczonewherethebuildingislocated.

Factor"Z"

FactorofImportanceandUse(U).Itdependsonthebuilding
category.

Factor"U"
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Structuretype"D"isexoneratedofseismicforceanalysis,but
theyshouldprovideadequateresistanceandstiffnessforlateral
actions.

Table2
SoilFactor(S)
Thisfactorconsidertheamplificationoftheearthquakeeffect,
accordingtothecharacteristicsofthesubsoil.Itmustbe
consideredadepthof1/2oftheshorterdimensionofthe
building'sbasedependingonitsbearingcapacity.TheSvalues
arereferedtothebehaviorofthestructureoverhardlayer.
SoilI

Factor"S"
1.0

Tp(S)
0.4

SoilII

1.2

0.6

SoilIII

1.4

0.9

Table3
SeismicCoefficient(C)
tshallbecalculatedbytheresponseaccelerationspectra,
generalizedinthefollowingformula:

where:
T=fundamentalperiodofthestructure
Tp=predominantperiodofthesoil

Table4
ReductionFactor(R)
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TABLE4
STRUCTURALSYSTEMS
ReductionCoefficientR,
StructuralSystem

SteelFrames.
SteelFrameswithresistant
momentjoints
Othersteelframes.
Eccentricbracingsystems.
Crossbracingsystems

ReinforcedConcreteFrames.
Frames(1)
Dual(2)
Structuralwalls(3)
Limitedductilitywalls(4)

Forregularstructures
(*)(**)
9.5

6.5
6.0

8(1)
7(1)
6(1)
4(1)

ReinforcedorConfined
Masonry(5)

WoodConstructions
(allowablestress)

(1) At least the 80% of the base shear acts on the columns that
fulfilled with the requirements of the Reinforced Concrete
CodeNTEE.060.Incaseithasstructuralwalls,theseshould
bedesignedtoresistafractionofthetotalseismicforcein
accordancewithitsstiffness.
(2)Theseismicforcesareresistedbyacombinationofstructural
walls and frames. Frames must be designed to take at least
25% of the shear force at the base. Structural walls will be
designedfortheforcesobtainedintheanalysisindicatedin
item4.1.2
(3) System where the seismic resistance is hold by structural
wallswhichsupportatleastthe80%ofthebaseshear.
(4) Low height story edification with high density of limited
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ductilitywalls.
(5)ForallowablestressesdesigntheRvaluesmustbe6.
(*) These coefficients will apply only to structures where the
vertical and horizontal elements allow energy dissipation
maintaining the stability of the structure. It doesnt
applytoinvertpendulumtypestructures.
(**)Forirregularstructures,thevaluesforRshouldbetakenas
of those indicated in the table. For ground structures
refertotheAdobeCodeNTEE.080.Thesetypesof
constructions are not recommended in soils S3 nor are
permittedinsoilsS4.

Table5
WeightoftheBuilding(P)
Theweight"P"mustbecalculatedaddingthedeadand
permanentloadofthebuildingtoapercentageoftheliveload
whichcanbedeterminedasfollows:
CharacteristicsoftheBuilding Percentageoftheliveload
a.CategoryABuildings
100%
b.CategoryBBuildings

50%

c.CategoryCBuildings

25%

d.Deposits
e.Roofsingeneral
f.Tankstructures,silosand
similarstructures

80%ofthetotalweightthat
ispossibletostorage
25%
100%oftheloadthatthose
structurescancontain

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