The purpose of this command is to define and generate static equivalent seismic loads as per Manuel de Diseño por Sismo - Seismic Design Handbook Comisión Federal De Electricidad - Electric Power Federal Comission - October 1993 (Chapters  3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4) specifications. Depending on this definition, equivalent lateral loads will be generated in horizontal direction(s). This is a code used in the country of Mexico.

The seismic load generator can be used to generate lateral loads in the X & Z directions for Y up or X & Y for Z up. Y up or Z up is the vertical axis and the direction of gravity loads (See the SET Z UP command in TR.5 Set Command Specification). All vertical coordinates of the floors above the base must be positive and the vertical axis must be perpendicular to the floors.

General Format

DEFINE CFE  (ACCIDENTAL) LOAD
cfe-spec
weight-data

Refer to Common Weight Data for information on how to specify structure weight for seismic loads.

Where:

cfe-spec = { ZONE  f1  QX f2 QZ f3 GROUP f4 STYP f5 (REGULAR) (TS f6) (PX f7) (PZ f8) }
ParameterDescription
ZONE f1 Zone number specified in number such as 1, 2, 3 or 4
QX f2 seismic behavior factor of the structure along X direction as a parameter according 3.2.4.
QZ f3 seismic behavior factor of the structure along Z direction as a parameter according 3.2.4.
GROUP f4 Group of structure entered as A or B
STYPE f5 Soil type entered as 1 or 2 or 3
TS f6 site characteristic period
PX f7 Optional Period of structure (in sec) in X-direction to be used as fundamental period of the structure instead of the value calculated by the program using Rayleigh-Quotient method
PZ f8 Optional Period of structure (in sec) in Z direction (or Y if SET Z UP is used) to be used as fundamental period of the structure instead of the value calculated by the program using Rayleigh-Quotient method

The optional parameter REGULAR is entered to consider the structure as a regular structure. By default, all structures are considered as irregular.

LOAD i
CFE LOAD  {X | Y | Z}  (f)

Where:

ParameterDescription
CFE LOAD { X | Y | Z | f factor to multiply horizontal seismic load. Choose horizontal directions only
Note: For additional details on the application of a seismic load definition used to generate loads, refer to GUID-6D9B5C48-9FFF-4548-BFB4-ACAE1E973743.

Methodology

Seismic zone coefficient and parameter values are supplied by the user through the DEFINE CFE LOAD command.

Program calculates the natural period of building T utilizing Rayleigh-Quotient method. If time period is provided in the input file, that is used in stead of calculated period.

The acceleration a is calculated according to the following:

$a = a 0 + ( c − a 0 ) T T a when T < T a c when T a ≤ T ≤ T b c ( T b / T ) r when T b ⁢ < T$

Where:

• c = Seismic coefficient is extracted from table 3.1
• a0, Ta, Tb, and r are obtained form table 3.1

The ductility reduction factor Q’ is calculated according to section 3.2.5.

$Q ′ = Q when T ≥ T a 1 + ( T T a ) ( Q − 1 ) when T < T a$

If not regular, then Q’ = Q’ x 0.8

If the period Ts of the soil is known and the soil type II or III Ta and Tb will be modified according to section 3.3.2.

Lateral loads for each direction are calculated for:

When T ≤ Tb, Eq. 4.5. Section 3.4.4.2 is used:

$P n = W n h n Σ n = 1 N ( W n ) a Σ n = 1 N ( W n h n ) Q ′$

When T > Tb, Eq. 4.6/7/8. Section 3.4.4.2 is used:

$P n = W n ( a / Q ) ( K 1 h i + K 2 h i 2 )$

Where:

 $K 1 = q [ 1 ⁢ − r ( 1 − q ) ] Σ W i Σ ( W i / h i )$

 $K 2 = 1.5 r q ( 1 − q ) Σ W i Σ ( W i / h i 2 )$

 q = (Tb/T)r

The base shear are distributed proportionally to the height if T ≤ Tb or with the quadratic equation mentioned if T > Tb.

The distributed base shears are subsequently applied as lateral loads on the structure.

Example

UNIT KGS METER
ZONE 2 QX .5 QZ 0.9 STYP 2 GROUP B TS 0.2
SELFWEIGHT
MEMBER WEIGHT
1 TO 36 41 TO 50 UNI 300
JOINT  WEIGHT
51 56 93 100 WEIGHT 1440
101 106 143 150 WEIGHT 1000
FLOOR WEIGHT
YRA 11.8 12.2 FLOAD 400 -
XRA -1 11 ZRA -1 21