ASCE 7-05 Equivalent Lateral Force Procedure (Section 12.8)
V = CsW (lbs) Seismic Base Shear. (12.8-1) where: W= 10000 lbs effective seismic weight per 12.7.2 SDS Cs = Seismic Response Coefficient (12.8-2) R/I Cs need not exceed: SD1 for T TL (12.8-3) Cs = T(R/I) SD1*TL for T > TL (12.8-4) Cs = T2(R/I) Cs shall not be less than: 0.01 Cs = (12.8-5) 0.5*S1 (When S1 greater or equal to 0.6*g; 12.8-6) Cs = (R/I) First determine seismic ground motion values (Section 11.4) site class = D (refer to section 11.4.2) Determine mapped acceleration parameters Ss and S1 (Figures 22-1 through 22-14) Ss = 1.529 G parameter for the .2 sec spectral response acceleration (fig 22-3) S1 = 0.6 G parameter for the 1 sec spectral response acceleration (fig 22-4) Adjusted spectral response accelerations (Section 11.4.3): SMS = Fa*Ss (11.4-1) SM1 = Fv*S1 (11.4-2) 1 site coefficent (Table 11.4-1) Fa = 1.5 site coefficent (Table 11.4-2) Fv = SMS = 1.529 G SM1 = 0.9 G Design Spectral Acceleration Parameters: SDS = 2/3(SMS) (11.4-3) (11.4-4) SD1 = 2/3(SM1) SDS = 1.0193 G SD1 = 0.6 G Long period transition period (Figures 22-15 through 22-20) sec (Fig 22-16) TL = 8 R = response modification factor (Table 12.2-1 or 15.4-2) R= 3.5 for structural system (Table 12.2-1 or 15.4-2) I = occupancy importance factor determined (Section 11.2.1) I= 1 (Table 11.5-1 and Table 1-1) T = fundemental period of the structure (Section 12.8.2) It is permitted to to use the approximate building period Ta for T from Section 12.8.2.1 x Ta = Cthn sec (12.8-7) Ct = 0.02 (Table 12.8-2)
T = Ta =
hn = 25 x = 0.75 0.224 sec
ft (height in ft above base to highest level of structure)
(Table 12.8-2)
Solutions
Calculate Cs: Cs = Cs max = Cs min =
Notes:
0.291 0.767 0.086
Cs = V=
0.29124 2912.38 lbs
This method works for Buildings (ASCE 7-05 Chapter 12)
and Non-Building Structures (ASCE 7-05 Chapter 15) If checking Non-Building Structures not similar to buildings (Table 15.4-2) CS-min will change This spreadsheet was made using the ASCE 7-05 This spreadsheet is provided by www.wikiengineer.com The newest available version of this spreadsheet can be found at: http://www.wikiengineer.com/Structural/SeismicBuildingDesignSpreadsheet