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Weekly Output No. 10

SITUATION 1 – A seventeen-story hospital, with a total height of 60.00 m is to be constructed

somewhere in Makati, 10 km. from the Valley Fault System. The material that will be used is that of
steel. What should be the applied base shear, V if the total weight of the building, W= 12,500 kN.

SITUATION 2 – A four-story reinforced concrete apartment is to be constructed in Iba, Zambales. It was

found out that the structure is to be constructed at 5 km near the Iba Fault System. Soil tests showed
that the soil profile has a shear wave velocity, vs = 775 m/sec for the top 30 m of soil. What should be
the distribution of the base shear, V to be applied at each floor of the building if the following are the
weights, wx, and height, hx, for each floor?

w1 = 5000 kN h1 = 3.60 m
w2 = 4800 kN h2 = 7.00 m
w3 = 4800 kN h3 = 10.40 m
w4 = 2900 kN h4 = 12.80 m

SITUATION 3 - Plan and Elevation of a Four Storey reinforced Concrete office building are shown:

Number of storey = 4
Location = Poblacion, Mati City, Davao Oriental
Columns = 450 x 450 mm
Beams = 250 x 400 mm
Thickness of Slabs = 150 mm
Thickness of Shear Walls = 120 mm
Determine the design seismic lateral load and storey shear force distribution. (Analayze 1 middle frame
only)