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M. To add an EC8 response spectrum

Floor height is determined by the program as a joint where one or more beams frame in a column.

Eurocode 8 requires the use of cracked section stiffness when considering concrete buildings, which however is lacking in the current analysis engine. This can be overcome by using a section reduction factor as suggested in the code. STAAD.Pro has a "section reduction factor" that can be used for this purpose (i.e., the MEMBER CRACKED command). Refer to TR.20.10 Member Property Reduction Factors for details on this command.

Note: Refer to TR.32.10.1.5 Response Spectrum Specification per Eurocode 8 2004 for additional information on using the response spectrum specifications per Eurocode 8.
  1. Either:

    On the Loading ribbon tab, select the Load Items tool in the Loading Specifications group

    Tip: This will add the load item to the currently selected load group selected in the program status bar.

    or

    In the Load & Definition dialog, select a primary load case in the Load Cases Details list and then click Add.

    The Add New Load Items dialog opens.
  2. Select the Response Spectrum tab.
  3. Select EURO (EC8) - 2004 in the Code list.
  4. Specify the EC8-2004 specific parameters:
    1. In the Spectrum table group, type the Design Ground Acc(eleration) factor.
    2. Type the Behaviour Factor.
    3. Select the Subsoil Class from the drop-down list.
    4. In the Load Type group, select if the load is in the Elastic or Design range and then select if the load is Type I or Type II.
    The response spectrum plot is generated as these parameters are specified.
  5. Select the Combination Method to use to combine the responses from each mode into a total response.
    Note: For the ASCE method, there are two optional parameters, FF1 and FF2, which can be checked and specified.
  6. (Optional) Check the Save option to create a file contain the joint accelerations in ratios of gravity and in radians/sec2.

    The file name is saved in the same location as the STAAD input file, will have the same root filename as the STAAD input file but with an .acc file extension.

  7. Select if the Interpolation Type is Linear or Logarithmic.

    The logarithmic option is recommended when only a few spectra data points are entered, as spectra vs period curves are typically only linear on a log-log scale.

  8. Select the Damping Type to use and, if explicit Damping is selected, type the damping ratio to be used for all modes.
  9. Select the directions which spectrum is applied and for each, type a factor (0-1.0).
  10. (Optional) You can apply each of the following optional steps as needed:
    1. Select one of the Signed Response Spectrum Results Options if needed:

      check Dominant and type a Mode No to use for determine the signs of all modes. You can alternatively type 0 for the Mode No to have the program select the mode with the greatest percent participation in the excitation direction for the dominant mode.

      or

      check Sign to create signed values for all results by comparing the sum of the squares of positive versus negative results.

    2. To generate individual modal response load cases, check the Generate load case(s) for first option and then type the number of load cases to generate. You can also type the Load Case number to use for the first of the generated load cases. If the number of load cases requested is larger than the number of modes extracted, then only the number of modes extracted is used.
    3. Type a Scale factor to apply to the spectra data.
    4. Check the Missing Mass option to include the static effect of masses not represented in the modes. Type an optional spectral acceleration for this missing mass mode.
    5. If the Missing Mass option is used and you want to specify an acceleration corresponding to a frequency instead, check the ZPA option and type a frequency. If neither the missing mass acceleration value or ZPA frequency is specified, then the spectral acceleration at 33Hz is used to calculate the missing mass mode.
  11. Click Add. The new response spectrum is added to the currently selected load case.

This response spectrum may be used with a linear, elastic analysis, geometric nonlinear analysis, or a pushover analysis for review of Eurocode 8 seismic requirements in the Earthquake workflow.