EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
MSCE 510
PROBLEM SET 3
SUBMITTED BY
ENGR. ANDREA MAE SANCHEZ
SUBMITTED TO
ENGR. BENITO G. GARWAGEO, MSCE
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 7 MARCH 2020
Given a proposed eight (8) storey (10 meters by 20 meters) evacuation
center which is to be constructed in the Province of Abra (refer to photo on the
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site to fault distance - assume seismic source type A). It is designed under
reinforced concrete with special moment resisting frames. Assume regular
weight per floor area to be 10 KPa while the roof deck weighs 8 KPa per floor
area. Regular floor to floor height is 3.20m except for the first floor being
3.5m. Calculate the storey forces and storey shears using the procedure mentioned
in NSCP Vol 1 or in the UBC using the latest Base Shear formula (NSCP-2015). From
the storey shears, determine the Cantilever Moment at the base. Determine the
factor of safety against overturning, FSOT. Is the structure safe against overturning?
FSOT ≥ 3.00
REQUIRED DATA FOR COMPUTATION
OF BASE SHEAR
Seismic Importance
Factor, I
I=1.5 (Essential
Facilities)
Seismic Zone Factor, Z
Z=0.40 (Building w/in Zone 4)
Near-Source Factors, Nv
and Na
3.20m
3.20m
3.20m
3.20m
Closest Distance to
Known Seismic Source = 8.3km
3.20m
By linear interpolation:
Na for 5km = 1.2
3.20m
Na for greater than 10km = 1.0
Na by interpolation for 8.3km=1.068
3.20m
Nv for 5km = 1.6
Nv for greater than 10km = 1.2
Nv by interpolation for 8.3km=1.336
3.50m
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Seismic Coefficients, Cv and Ca for Soil Profile SD
Ca= 0.44 * 1.068 = 0.46992
Cv= 0.64 * 1.336 = 0.85504
Computation for Structure Period, T
Ct = 0.0731 (For Reinforced Concrete
Moment-Resisting Frame)
hn = 3.5 + 3.2*8 = 25.9m
¾
T = 0.0731 (25.9) = 0.8393 sec
Over-strength Factor, R
R = 8.5 (For Special R.C. Moment
Frames)
Base Shear Computation
Design Base Shear Formulas:
Cv I 2.5Ca I
V= W (208-4) <= V= W (208-5)
RT R
>= V= 0.11 Ca I W (208-6)
0.8 Z Nv I
>= V= W (208-7)
R
Computations
Cv I 0.85504(1.50)
V= W= 15600 = 2804.7307 kN
RT 8.5(0.8393)
2.5Ca I 2.5(0.46992)(1.50)
V= W= 15600= 3234.1553 kN
R 8.5
V= 0.11 Ca I W = 0.11(0.46992) (1.50) (15600) = 1209.5740 kN
0.8 Z Nv I
V= 𝑊= (0.8 (0.4) (1.336) (1.5)/8.5)15600 = 1176.9374 kN
R
Since V = 2804.73 kN < 3234.16 kN
> 1209.57 kN
> 1176.94 kN, the Base shear is V = 2, 804.73 kN
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Since, T > 0.7secs, Ft is required to be computed and shall be subtracted from the
base shear when distributing the storey forces.
Ft = 0.07 * TV = 0.07*0.8396*2804.73 = 164.77 kN < 0.25V (=701.18kN) Ok!
Formula for distribution of storey forces:
The following table will show the computed Storey Forces, Shears, and Moments in
order to obtain the Overturning Moment to be used in the determination of FSOT.
Table1. Data required for Overturning Moment computation.
WT Storey Storey Storey
LEVE WT hn
FLOOR (kPa WnHn Forces Shears Moments
L (kN) (m)
) (kN) (kN) (kN-m)
GROUND 1 10 2000 3.5 7000 82.191 2804.731 48886.455
SECOND 2 10 2000 6.7 13400 157.336 2722.54 39911.317
THIRD 3 10 2000 9.9 19800 232.482 2565.204 31199.189
13.
FOURTH 4 10 2000 26200 307.627 2332.722 22990.536
1
16.
FIFTH 5 10 2000 32600 382.773 2025.095 15525.824
3
19.
SIXTH 6 10 2000 39000 457.919 1642.322 9045.521
5
22.
SEVENTH 7 10 2000 45400 533.064 1184.403 3790.091
7
ROOF 25.
8 8 1600 41440 651.339 651.339 0
DECK 9
1560 22484
SUM .
0 0
Note: Force at the Roof Deck has Ft Added to its Storey Forces.
From the table:
OM = 48, 886.46 kN-m
RM = 15, 000 kN * (10m/2) = 78, 000 kN-m (Moment taken along the shorter
building dimension since it is the more
critical direction for overturning)
FSOT = RM/OM
FSOT = 78, 000/ 48, 886.46 = 1.60 < 3.0
General Conclusion (Is the structure safe against overturning?)
Given this Factor of Safety against Overturning (FSOT), it can be noted that the
value is greater than unity which means that the structure is able to resist the
overturning moment. Although having obtained this, the problem states that for the
building to be considered safe against overturning, the FSOT should be greater than
or equal to 3, which it is not. It is concluded therefore, that the structure is not safe
against overturning.
