Subjects:

12.2 - Software
12.1 – Standards
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Chapter 12 :

Standards
Design: Norms and
Introduction to Seismic

Chapter 12 - Introduction to Chapter 12 - Introduction to

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Seismic Design: Norms and Seismic Design: Norms and

Standards Standards

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12.1 Standards

Chapter 12 - Introduction to
Seismic Design: Norms and
 Parasismique – PS
• Last update 1999 / 2001

Standards
• Related to BAEL 1991 – Rev 1999
• Part of DTU “Document Technique Unifié”
• Replaced by Eurocode

 Eurocode – EC8
• Tome 8 – According to Eurocode
• Updated every ~3 years
• Actually used for seismic design in Europe
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12.1 Standards

Chapter 12 - Introduction to
Seismic Design: Norms and
 UBC Uniform Building Code
• Old one UBC 1994 Standards

• American Code
• Major modification in 1997
• No updating after 1997
• Replaced by IBC 2000

 IBC International Building Code

• First Edition 2000
• Updating every 3 years
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• Last One IBC 2012 – 2015
• Related to ASCE

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12.2 Software

Chapter 12 - Introduction to
Seismic Design: Norms and
 Autodesk Robot
• Covering all Codes

Standards
• Spectrum data base and Creation new ones
• Building Modulus
• Be Careful while using the 3D modeling
• Factors to be input according to IBC / ASCE

12.2 Software

Chapter 12 - Introduction to
Seismic Design: Norms and
 CSI
• Sap2000 for Finite Elements
Standards

• Etabs 2015 for modeling

• Save for Slabs and Foundation
• CSICol similar to PCACol or SpCol
• CSI Bridge for Bridges

 StaadPro
• Under Bentley package and Brand
• Oldest ones from 1990
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• Finite Element Software