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Maheen Sani
December 5, 2016
Dr. Stavroula Pantazopoulou
Professor (Structural Engineering)
York University
4700 Keele St,
Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3

Dear Dr. Pantazopoulou:

Attached is my report for SAP 2000, regarding a design process for a 10-story building
and its variations of deflections, shear, and moment with applications of dead and live
loads. This lab was performed on Friday, November 25th, 2016 and is being submitted
Monday, December 5th, 2016. This lab report is based on data that was calculated using
Tributary area methods and basic intermediate skills of SAP 2000.
The attached report includes the observations, results and discussion of the overall lab
performed. Overall, SAP 2000 has allowed students to apply theoretical knowledge
learned in class to a hands-on computer software that will help them as future
engineers.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the attached report, please do not
hesitate to contact me at any time. I look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,

Maheen Sani
(B.Eng., CIVIL)
York University

Department of Civil Engineering

Course Number: CIVL 3130

Course Title: Structural Analysis
Semester/Year: Fall 2016
Instructor: Dr. Stavroula Pantazopoulou

Assignment 7b
Report Title: SAP 2000 10 Story Building

Maheen Sani - 213556394

Submission Date: Monday, December 5th, 2016

Table of Content
Calculations and Observations

Results

Discussion

Appendix

List of Figures
Figure 1. Slab

Figure 1.1 Interior and Exterior Beams of Slab

Figure 2 Dead Loads + Live Loads Everywhere

Figure 1.1 Interior and Exterior Beams of Slab

Figure 2 Dead Loads + Live Loads Everywhere

Figure 2 Dead Loads + Live Loads Chessboard

Figure 3.1 Tributary Area Distribution

List of Tables
Table 1. Dead Loads + Live Loads Everywhere Joint Displacements

Table 2. Dead Loads + Live Loads Chessboard Joint Displacements

Observations and Calculations:

The following information was provided to build the structure of the 10-story building on SAP
2000.
Given:
Unit weight of concrete = 25 kN/m3
Residential Live Loads = 1.9 kN/m2
Dead Loads = 1.5 kN/m2
Roof Live Loads = 1 kN/m2
Width of exterior beams = 1.5 m
Width of interior beams = 3 m
Thickness of beam = 0.2 m
The interior and exterior beams have different dimensions since we must consider tributary
area distribution. The following is a design of the distribution of the loads.

3m

Interior Beams
Figure 1 - Slab

Exterior Beams

Figure 1.1 - Interior and Exterior beams of slab

Tributary Area Calculations:

Residential Live Load:
1.9
2.85kN
= (
1.5m) =
m2
m
1.9
5.7kN
= (
3.0m) =
m2
m
Roof Live Load:
= (

1
1.5kN
1.5m) =
m2
m

5
1
3.0kN
= (
3.0m) =
m2
m
Dead Load:
25kN
1.5kN
9.75kN
= (
0.2m 1.5m) + (
1.5m) =
m3
m3
m3
25kN
1.5kN
19.5kN
= (
0.2m 3.0m) + (
3.0m) =
m3
m3
m3
There was a total for Two (2) cases that were considered. The following are the combinations of
loads that the building experienced to determine joint displacements, shear, axial and moment
magnitudes.
Case 1: Dead loads + Live loads everywhere

Figure 2 - Dead Loads + live Loads everywhere

Case 1: Dead loads + Live loads in a chessboard arrangement

Figure 3 - Dead Loads + Live Loads:

Chessboard Arrangement

Figure 3.1 - Tributary Area Distribution

Results:
Table 1- Combination 1: Dead + Live loads Everywhere Joint Displacements

TABLE: Joint Displacements

Joint OutputCase CaseType
Text
Text
Text
76
COMB1
Combination
77
COMB1
Combination
88
COMB1
Combination
99
COMB1
Combination
107
COMB1
Combination
108
COMB1
Combination
109
COMB1
Combination
110
COMB1
Combination
118
COMB1
Combination
119
COMB1
Combination
120
COMB1
Combination
121
COMB1
Combination
129
COMB1
Combination
130
COMB1
Combination
131
COMB1
Combination
132
COMB1
Combination
133
COMB1
Combination
134
COMB1
Combination
135
COMB1
Combination
136
COMB1
Combination
137
COMB1
Combination
138
COMB1
Combination
139
COMB1
Combination
MAX:

U1
U2
U3
R1
R2
R3
m
m
m
Radians Radians
Radians
0.000559
-0.000045 -0.00442 -0.000198 0.00022 -0.00000779
0.000024
0.000027 -0.004405 -0.000016 0.000244 -0.000001363
-0.000012 -0.000002061 -0.002162 -0.00014 -0.000043
1.009E-07
-0.000016 -0.000002271 -0.002307 -0.000185 -0.000029
3.072E-08
-0.000021
-0.0000022 -0.002306 -0.000141 0.000053
-6.732E-08
-0.000065
0.000011 -0.002815 -0.000156 -0.000058
5.046E-08
-0.000065
0.000011 -0.002738 -0.000119 0.000124
-4.812E-08
-0.000065
0.000012 -0.002451 -0.000117 -0.000105
1.236E-07
-0.000146
0.000024 -0.002705 -0.000127 -0.000153
1.169E-07
-0.000147
0.000024 -0.003136 -0.000131 0.000181
-2.165E-08
-0.000146
0.000024 -0.003249 -0.000171 -0.000087
7.173E-08
-0.000259
0.000043 -0.003477 -0.000136 0.000229
2.862E-08
-0.00026
0.000045 -0.00291 -0.000134 -0.000192
3.799E-07
-0.000259
0.000043 -0.003609 -0.000178 -0.000118
1.491E-07
-0.000405
0.000066 -0.003907 -0.00018 -0.000141
1.645E-07
-0.000399
0.000064 -0.003015 -0.000119 -0.000227
-7.686E-07
-0.000408
0.000066 -0.003765 -0.00014 0.000274 0.000000192
-0.000561
0.000093
-0.004 -0.000146 0.000275
-1.887E-07
-0.000567
0.000096 -0.004106 -0.000205 -0.000206
5.392E-07
-0.000581
0.000105 -0.003293 -0.000216 -0.000229 0.000002137
-0.000455
0.000122
-0.0043 -0.000116 -0.000246
-6.231E-07
-0.000333
0.000134 -0.004298 -0.000144 0.000258 0.000004047
-0.000344
0.000157 -0.004536 -0.000234 -0.000249 0.000006884
0.000559
0.000157 0.002162 0.000016 0.000275 0.000006884

Table 2 - Dead + Live loads in Chessboard Arrangement: Joint Displacements

TABLE: Joint Displacements C2

Joint OutputCase CaseType
Text
Text
Text
Combination
COMB2
76
Combination
COMB2
77
Combination
COMB2
88
Combination
COMB2
99
Combination
COMB2
107
Combination
COMB2
108
Combination
COMB2
109
Combination
COMB2
110
Combination
COMB2
118
Combination
COMB2
119
Combination
COMB2
120
Combination
COMB2
121
Combination
COMB2
129
Combination
COMB2
130
Combination
COMB2
131
Combination
COMB2
132
Combination
COMB2
133
Combination
COMB2
134
Combination
COMB2
135
Combination
COMB2
136
Combination
COMB2
137
Combination
COMB2
138
Combination
COMB2
139
MAX

R3
R2
R1
U3
U2
U1
Radians
Radians Radians
m
m
m
0.00011 -0.003778 -0.000189 0.000228 -0.00000972
0.000439
0.00025 -0.000005399
0.000143 -0.003586 -0.000012
-0.000028
3.507E-08
-0.000011 -0.000001688 -0.00169 -0.000119 -0.000043
-1.997E-08
-0.000015 -0.000001655 -0.002273 -0.000164 -0.000023
-1.453E-07
-0.000019 -0.000001049 -0.001806 -0.000121 0.000052
0.000013 -0.002719 -0.00014 -0.000045 -0.000000214
-0.00006
-2.461E-07
0.000014 -0.002176 -0.000104 0.000122
-0.00006
-2.575E-07
-0.0001 -0.000105
0.000011 -0.001946
-0.000061
-5.953E-07
0.000025 -0.002165 -0.00011 -0.000153
-0.000135
-6.079E-07
0.000033 -0.002512 -0.000115 0.000178
-0.000136
-5.553E-07
0.000029 -0.003106 -0.000154 -0.000068
-0.000135
-0.0028 -0.00012 0.000226 -0.000001045
0.00006
-0.00024
-8.676E-07
0.000048 -0.002345 -0.000116 -0.000192
-0.00024
-9.718E-07
0.000054 -0.003427 -0.00016 -0.000092
-0.00024
0.000084 -0.003692 -0.000162 -0.00011 -0.000001487
-0.000375
0.000072 -0.002441 -0.000105 -0.000226 -0.000002344
-0.00037
0.000093 -0.003043 -0.000125 0.000269 -0.000001478
-0.000377
0.000133 -0.003241 -0.000132 0.000274 -0.000002763
-0.000519
0.000121 -0.003872 -0.000183 -0.000163 -0.000002107
-0.000525
0.000114 -0.002674 -0.000181 -0.000233 -0.000000446
-0.000535
0.000156 -0.004033 -0.000113 -0.000198 -0.000004602
-0.00044
-7.642E-07
0.00026
0.000214 -0.003488 -0.000134
-0.000345
0.000209 -0.004259 -0.000226 -0.000196 0.000002113
-0.000355
0.00169 0.000012 0.000274 0.000002113
0.000214
0.000439

Discussion:
The most critical deflection in the structure occurs when the load distribution of combination one
(dead + live loads everywhere) occurs. This result was expected as this combination deforms the
structure with more loads while the chessboard arrangement reduces the total load experienced
by each floor. The values of deflections in mid-spans of all exterior south beams are plotted and
displayed in the tables above. In addition to deflection, axial, moment and shear diagrams of
columns 1 and 5 are also shown with the two combinations of loads in the Appendix.

4.0 Appendix
The following appendix consists of Column 1 and Column 5 diagrams of axial, shear and moment
diagrams. Additional excel files consisting of magnitudes of these forces has been uploaded to
learn.lassonde.yorku.ca.