Torsional irregularity in etabs

Step 1: Include 5% eccentricity in X and Y cases (X+Eccen Y, X-Eccen Y, Y+Eccen X, Y-Eccen X). Total 4
cases.

Step 2: Check if torsional irregularity exists. If yes then increase 5% values to the amplified values (7%, 8%
whatever, There is upper limit too in the code).

This increase of eccentricity would be different for each floor plate and can be manually entered into ETABS by
using "override diaphragm eccentricities" option.

You should do this for all the 4 cases.

Now after doing this, if you torsional irregularity still exists, you don't need to further iterate. Only one time
increase is sufficient.

See the code e.g. UBC-97 to calculate amplification factor Ax. Max Ax = 3.0. This Ax you will multiply by 5%
(0.05) and input in response spectrum cases/static earthquake cases.

To calculate Ax, you need maximum and average story displacements at CM. You can export this data from
ETABS Tables to EXCEL for static earthquake cases (Don't use spectrum cases for this).

Once in EXCEL, you will see column named 'Ratio'. This will be Max/Avg displacement. Sort this out to find
values more than 1.2. These are the locations you need to amplify torsion.

After checking which stories you need to amplify torsion in, use the amplified torsion value for e in response
spectra cases.