V. IBC 2018 Static Seismic T 1.2
Verify the program-calculated base shear and its distribution along the height of a three-story frame by using the equivalent lateral force method per IBC 2018. Also, verify the torsional moments to which the floors are subjected to, considering inherent as well as accidental torsion.
Details
A three-story structure is subject to a seismic load from the +X direction.
Assumptions
- Mapped MCER spectral response acceleration parameter at short period, Ss = 2.02
- Mapped MCER spectral response acceleration parameter at a period of 1 s, S1 = 0.795
- Risk Category – I (Hence, From Table 1.5-2, Importance Factor I = 1)
- Site Class – D
(
SCLASS 4) - Response
Modification Factor (
RX&RZ) = 3 - Long-period
Transition Time (
TL)=12 s - Seismic weight is composed of UDLs (magnitude -5 kN/m, direction GY) (defined in Reference Load Definition), incident on the beams
- Time Period of the
Structure in both directions (
PX&PZ) = 1.2 s - Time period
coefficients,
CTX=CTZ= 0.28 - Exponents in time
period equation:
XX=XZ= 1 - The effect of shear deformation is neglected
Calculations
Validation
Calculation of Base Shear
Based on Ss and S1, Fa = 1 (per table 11.4-1) and Fv = 1.7 (per table 11.4-2).
Hence:
The natural period of the structure, TN = 1.2 s (TX 1.2, provides
as user input).
Height of the structure, h = 9 m.
So the approximate time period, Ta = Ct×hx = 0.28(9m)1.0 = 2.52 s
From Table 12.8-1, Cu = 1.4 (for SD1 > 0.4).
The time period used, TR , is the lesser of TN and Cu×Ta , which is 1.2 s (< TL = 12 s).
Since S1 = 0.795 > 0.6g, equation 12.8-6 also needs to be considered for calculating the lower limit of Cs :
Therefore, (Cs)min = 0.1325 < Cs.
The seismic weight, W is taken as the total seismic weight of the beams: = 5 × 3 × 69 = 1,035 kN
So the total base shear, V = CS × W = 0.3754 × 1,035 = 388.56 kN
Vertical Distribution of Lateral Forces
Since, time period of the structure T = 1.2 s > 0.5 s and T < 2.5 s, as per clause 12.8.3, value of k needs to be linearly interpolated.
Hence, from equation 12.8-11 and equation 12.8-12, we can find the lateral forces in different story levels, as follows:
| Story Level |
Wx
(kN) |
hx
(m) |
Wx×hx k | Lateral force at story level
(kN) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roof | 5 × 3 × 23 = 345 | 9 | 6,700 | 0.554 | 1.5×143.48 = 215.22 |
| 2nd | 345 | 6 | 3,875 | 0.320 | 1.5×82.999 = 124.50 |
| 1st | 345 | 3 | 1,520 | 0.126 | 1.5×32.560 = 48.840 |
| Σ | 1,035 | - | 12,095 | 1 | 388.56 |
Consideration of Inherent Torsion (Clause 12.8.4.1)
Floor Level – Roof (9 m)
From output file, CRZ = 3. 831 m and CMZ = 3.848 m
Hence, static eccentricity esi = CMZ - CRZ = 0.017 m
Floor Level – 2nd (6 m)
From output file , CRZ = 3.858 m and CMZ = 3.848 m
Hence, static eccentricity esi = CMZ - CRZ = -0.01 m
Floor Level – 1st (3 m)
From output file , CRZ = 3.902 m and CMZ = 3.848 m
Hence, static eccentricity esi = CMZ - CRZ = -0.054 m
Consideration of Accidental Torsion (Clause 12.8.4.2)
At all floor levels:
where
- Lz
- the dimension of the structure along the global Z axis
Hence, total eccentricity to inherent and accidental torsion at roof level er = (0.45 + 0.017) = 0.467 m
Total eccentricity to inherent and accidental torsion at 2nd floor level e2 = (0.45 - 0.01) = 0.44 m
Total eccentricity to inherent and accidental torsion at 1st floor level e1 = (0.45 - 0.054) = 0.396 m
Total torsional moment at roof level = Froof × er = 215.20 × 0.467 = 100.51 kN·m
Total Torsional moment at 2nd floor level = F2nd × e2 = 124.50 × 0.440 = 54.779 kN·m
Total torsional moment at 1st floor level = F1st × e1 = 48.84 × 0.396 = 12.893 kN·m
Results
| Result Type | Reference | STAAD.Pro | Difference | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base shear, V (kN) | 388.56 | 388.56 | none | |
| Lateral force at roof level (kN) | 215.22 | 215.220 | none | |
| Lateral force at 2nd floor (kN) | 124.50 | 124.497 | negligible | |
| Lateral force at 1st floor (kN) | 48.84 | 48.839 | negligible | |
| Torsional moment at roof level (kN·m) | 100.51 | 100.544 | negligible | |
| Torsional moment at 2nd floor (kN·m) | 54.779 | 54.739 | negligible | |
| Torsional moment at 1st floor (kN·m) | 19.340 | 19.312 | negligible |
Input
The file C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\STAAD.Pro 2026\Samples \Verification Models\06 Loading\IBC\IBC 2018 Static Seismic T 1.2.STD is typically installed with the program.
STAAD
STAAD SPACE
START JOB INFORMATION
ENGINEER DATE 08-Mar-19
END JOB INFORMATION
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*This problem is created to verify the base shear, distribution of base shear
*And Inherent and Accidental Torsional Moment at different floor levels
*Of the Structure
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INPUT WIDTH 79
SET SHEAR
UNIT METER KN
JOINT COORDINATES
1 0 0 0; 2 0 3 0; 3 3 3 0; 4 3 0 0; 5 0 0 3; 6 0 3 3; 7 3 3 3; 8 3 0 3;
9 0 0 6; 10 0 3 6; 11 3 3 6; 12 3 0 6; 13 0 0 9; 14 0 3 9; 15 3 3 9; 16 3 0 9;
17 6 3 0; 18 6 0 0; 19 6 3 3; 20 6 0 3; 21 6 3 6; 22 6 0 6; 25 9 3 3; 26 9 0 3;
27 9 3 6; 28 9 0 6; 33 0 6 0; 34 3 6 0; 35 0 6 3; 36 3 6 3; 37 0 6 6; 38 3 6 6;
39 0 6 9; 40 3 6 9; 41 6 6 0; 42 6 6 3; 43 6 6 6; 45 9 6 3; 46 9 6 6; 49 0 9 0;
50 3 9 0; 51 0 9 3; 52 3 9 3; 53 0 9 6; 54 3 9 6; 55 0 9 9; 56 3 9 9; 57 6 9 0;
58 6 9 3; 59 6 9 6; 70 9 9 3; 71 9 9 6; 72 -3 0 0; 73 -3 3 0; 74 -3 0 3;
75 -3 3 3; 76 -3 0 6; 77 -3 3 6; 80 -3 6 0; 81 -3 6 3; 82 -3 6 6; 84 -3 9 0;
85 -3 9 3; 86 -3 9 6;
MEMBER INCIDENCES
1 1 2; 2 2 3; 3 3 4; 4 2 6; 5 3 7; 6 5 6; 7 6 7; 8 7 8; 9 6 10; 10 7 11;
11 9 10; 12 10 11; 13 11 12; 14 10 14; 15 11 15; 16 13 14; 17 14 15; 18 15 16;
19 3 17; 20 7 19; 21 11 21; 23 17 18; 24 17 19; 25 19 20; 26 19 21; 27 21 22;
30 19 25; 31 21 27; 32 25 26; 33 25 27; 34 27 28; 40 2 33; 41 3 34; 42 6 35;
43 7 36; 44 10 37; 45 11 38; 46 14 39; 47 15 40; 48 17 41; 49 19 42; 50 21 43;
52 25 45; 53 27 46; 56 33 34; 57 33 35; 58 34 36; 59 35 36; 60 35 37; 61 36 38;
62 37 38; 63 37 39; 64 38 40; 65 39 40; 66 34 41; 67 36 42; 68 38 43; 70 41 42;
71 42 43; 73 42 45; 74 43 46; 75 45 46; 79 33 49; 80 34 50; 81 35 51; 82 36 52;
83 37 53; 84 38 54; 85 39 55; 86 40 56; 87 41 57; 88 42 58; 89 43 59; 95 49 50;
96 49 51; 97 50 52; 98 51 52; 99 51 53; 100 52 54; 101 53 54; 102 53 55;
103 54 56; 104 55 56; 105 50 57; 106 52 58; 107 54 59; 109 57 58; 110 58 59;
128 45 70; 129 46 71; 132 58 70; 133 59 71; 134 70 71; 135 2 73; 136 6 75;
137 10 77; 139 33 80; 140 35 81; 141 37 82; 143 49 84; 144 51 85; 145 53 86;
147 72 73; 148 73 75; 149 74 75; 150 75 77; 151 76 77; 154 73 80; 155 75 81;
156 77 82; 158 80 81; 159 81 82; 161 80 84; 162 81 85; 163 82 86; 165 84 85;
166 85 86;
DEFINE MATERIAL START
ISOTROPIC CONCRETE
E 2.17185e+07
POISSON 0.17
DENSITY 23.5616
ALPHA 1e-05
DAMP 0.05
TYPE CONCRETE
STRENGTH FCU 27579
END DEFINE MATERIAL
MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN
1 TO 21 23 TO 27 30 TO 34 40 TO 50 52 53 56 TO 68 70 71 73 TO 75 79 TO 89 -
95 TO 107 109 110 128 129 132 TO 137 139 TO 141 143 TO 145 147 TO 151 154 -
155 TO 156 158 159 161 TO 163 165 166 PRIS YD 0.4 ZD 0.4
CONSTANTS
MATERIAL CONCRETE ALL
SUPPORTS
1 4 5 8 9 12 13 16 18 20 22 26 28 72 74 76 FIXED
DEFINE REFERENCE LOADS
LOAD R1 LOADTYPE Mass TITLE REF LOAD CASE 1
MEMBER LOAD
2 4 5 7 9 10 12 14 15 17 19 TO 21 24 26 30 31 33 56 TO 68 70 71 73 TO 75 95 -
96 TO 107 109 110 132 TO 137 139 TO 141 143 TO 145 148 150 158 159 165 -
166 UNI GY -5
END DEFINE REFERENCE LOADS
FLOOR DIAPHRAGM
DIA 1 TYPE RIG HEI 3
DIA 2 TYPE RIG HEI 6
DIA 3 TYPE RIG HEI 9
DEFINE IBC 2018
SS 2.02 S1 0.795 I 1 RX 3 RZ 3 SCLASS 4 CTX 0.28 CTZ 0.28 PX 1.2 PZ 1.2 TL -
12 XX 1 XZ 1
LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE SL +X
IBC LOAD X 1 DEC 2 ACC 0.05
PERFORM ANALYSIS PRINT LOAD DATA
PRINT DIA CR
FINISH
Output
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* EQUIV. SEISMIC LOADS AS PER IBC 2018 *
* PARAMETERS CONSIDERED FOR SUBSEQUENT LOAD GENERATION *
* SS = 2.020 S1 = 0.795 FA = 1.000 FV = 1.700 *
* SDS = 1.347 SD1 = 0.901 *
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73. LOAD 1 LOADTYPE SEISMIC TITLE SL +X
74. IBC LOAD X 1 DEC 2 ACC 0.05
75. PERFORM ANALYSIS PRINT LOAD DATA
P R O B L E M S T A T I S T I C S
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NUMBER OF JOINTS 67 NUMBER OF MEMBERS 117
NUMBER OF PLATES 0 NUMBER OF SOLIDS 0
NUMBER OF SURFACES 0 NUMBER OF SUPPORTS 16
Using 64-bit analysis engine.
SOLVER USED IS THE IN-CORE ADVANCED MATH SOLVER
TOTAL PRIMARY LOAD CASES = 1, TOTAL DEGREES OF FREEDOM = 162
TOTAL LOAD COMBINATION CASES = 0 SO FAR.
STAAD SPACE -- PAGE NO. 4
LOADING 1 LOADTYPE SEISMIC TITLE SL +X
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* IBC 2018 SEISMIC LOAD ALONG X : *
* CT = 0.280 Cu = 1.400 x = 1.0000 *
* TIME PERIODS : *
* Ta = 2.520 T = 1.200 Tuser = 1.200 *
* TIME PERIOD USED (T) = 1.200 *
* Cs LIMITS : LOWER = 0.133 UPPER = 0.375 *
* LOAD FACTOR = 1.000 *
* DESIGN BASE SHEAR = 1.000 X 0.375 X 1035.00 *
* = 388.56 KN *
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***NOTE: SEISMIC LOAD IS ACTING AT CENTER OF MASS FOR RIGID DIAPHRAGM.
TORSION FROM STATIC ECCENTRICITY (esi) IS INCLUDED IN ANALYSIS.
DYNAMIC ECCENTRICITY APPLIED = DEC - 1
LOAD NO.: 1 DIRECTION : X UNIT - METE
STORY LEVEL DYN. ECC. (dec) ACC. ECC. (aec) DESIGN ECC.
----- ----- --------------- --------------- ---------------
X Z X Z X Z
dec + aec dec + aec
1 3.00 -0.05 -0.05 0.60 0.45 0.00 0.40
2 6.00 0.01 -0.01 0.60 0.45 0.00 0.44
3 9.00 0.05 0.02 0.60 0.45 0.00 0.47
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JOINT LATERAL TORSIONAL LOAD - 1
LOAD (KN ) MOMENT (KN -METE) FACTOR - 1.000
----- ------- ---------
DEC + AEC
STAAD SPACE -- PAGE NO. 5
2 FX 3.185 MY 1.260
3 FX 3.185 MY 1.260
6 FX 4.247 MY 1.679
7 FX 4.247 MY 1.679
10 FX 4.247 MY 1.679
11 FX 4.247 MY 1.679
14 FX 2.123 MY 0.840
15 FX 2.123 MY 0.840
17 FX 2.123 MY 0.840
19 FX 4.247 MY 1.679
21 FX 3.185 MY 1.260
25 FX 2.123 MY 0.840
27 FX 2.123 MY 0.840
73 FX 2.123 MY 0.840
75 FX 3.185 MY 1.260
77 FX 2.123 MY 0.840
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TOTAL = 48.839 19.312 AT LEVEL 3.000 METE
33 FX 8.119 MY 3.570
34 FX 8.119 MY 3.570
35 FX 10.826 MY 4.760
36 FX 10.826 MY 4.760
37 FX 10.826 MY 4.760
38 FX 10.826 MY 4.760
39 FX 5.413 MY 2.380
40 FX 5.413 MY 2.380
41 FX 5.413 MY 2.380
42 FX 10.826 MY 4.760
43 FX 8.119 MY 3.570
45 FX 5.413 MY 2.380
46 FX 5.413 MY 2.380
80 FX 5.413 MY 2.380
81 FX 8.119 MY 3.570
82 FX 5.413 MY 2.380
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TOTAL = 124.497 54.739 AT LEVEL 6.000 METE
49 FX 14.036 MY 6.557
50 FX 14.036 MY 6.557
51 FX 18.715 MY 8.743
52 FX 18.715 MY 8.743
53 FX 18.715 MY 8.743
54 FX 18.715 MY 8.743
55 FX 9.357 MY 4.371
56 FX 9.357 MY 4.371
57 FX 9.357 MY 4.371
58 FX 18.715 MY 8.743
59 FX 14.036 MY 6.557
70 FX 9.357 MY 4.371
71 FX 9.357 MY 4.371
84 FX 9.357 MY 4.371
85 FX 14.036 MY 6.557
86 FX 9.357 MY 4.371
STAAD SPACE -- PAGE NO. 6
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TOTAL = 215.220 100.544 AT LEVEL 9.000 METE
************ END OF DATA FROM INTERNAL STORAGE ************
76. PRINT DIA CR
DIA CR
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CENTRE OF RIGIDITY UNIT - METE
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DIAPHRAM FL. LEVEL X-COORDINATE Z-COORDINATE
1 3.000 2.393 3.902
2 6.000 2.335 3.858
3 9.000 2.299 3.831
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