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Etabs 2016 - RC Frame
Etabs 2016 - RC Frame
Etabs 2016 - RC Frame
Example
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
Introduction
The example that will be introduced here is originated from the reference provided in the previous slide.
There are six grids along the x and 4 grids along the
y direction. All span lengths between these grids
are 5 m., except 3 m. here.
However, there are certain differences in the applied modeling as given below in order to fit our purposes
in this course.
• Only analysis will be performed and the design option will not be used.
• The seismic loads will not be estimated and applied automatically by ETABS, but we will calculate them according to the
new Building Code for Earthquake Resiliance (2018) and apply them on the model.
• Since design approach will not be used and a linear elastic analysis will be performed, the definition of rebar material
properties and reinforcement detailing will not be required. Also, the beams will not be defined as T-sections due to the
same reason. But simply, rectangular sections will be defined for the beams for analysis purposes.
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Introduction
The «moment resisting frame+shear wall» building has 8-stories. The story height is 3 m. except the first (ground)
story where the height is 4 m. The column dimensions are:
• 0.40 m×0.40 m at the 1st and 2nd stories,
• 0.45 m×0.45 m at the 3rd, 4th and 5th stories,
• 0.50 m×0.50 m at the 6th, 7th and 8th stories.
Beam dimensions are 0.25 m×0.60 m at all stories. The width of shear walls are 0.35 m at the 1st and 2nd stories
and 0.35 m in all other stories. Material: C30. Slab thickness: 14 cm. Additional slab dead load (the value excluding
the self-weight of slab in a full load analysis for the slab): 1.2 kN/m2 and slab live load: 2.0 kN/m2.
The stages of the example,
1. Modeling the building and obtaining the modal properties (mode shapes and fundamental natural vibration
periods along the x and y directions).
2. Estimating the equivalent static seismic forces along the x and y directions.
3. Applying these static forces (point loads) to the mass center (EX or EY along the x and y directions, respectively)
or eccentric nodes (EXP, EXN, EYP and EYN) [e.g. EXP: the equivalent seismic force applied at +5% eccentric side
of mass center; EXN: the equivalent seismic force applied at -5% eccentric side of mass center].
4. Obtaining the required internal forces and deformations which we need in design.
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
These structural
No properties are
overhangs automatically assigned.
on slabs! If not, assign these
selections!
Unselect - No
block joist floor The additional dead
systems-no ribs! load and live load
are entered here!
M22 F12
F11
M11
Out-of-plane
bending moment
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
• Similarly define the shear wall with a width of 250 mm. You may do this by simply choosing «Add Copy of
Property» on «Wall Properties». Here all you have to change is the name (from P35 to P25) and thickness (from
350 to 250 mm) as shown above. Click OK twice! Now that we have to shear wall sections, namely P25 and P35.
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
New joint is
formed!
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Only beams
are selected!
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Choose all
columns here
in plan view!
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
• Then select all shear walls in «Elevation View – 1» and choose «Assign-Shell-Pier Label». On the «Shell
Assignment - Pier Label» window, choose «P1» and click OK!
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
• ANALYSIS: We may now ready to run the analysis by clicking or choosing «Analyze-Run Analysis» after you
should save your model!
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Here the excel operation: «=1.643». You may change the increment of
period to 0.1 sec. after a certain point.
• The elastic design spectral acceleration coefficients (Sae) can be determined as 0.60 and 0.44
from the spectrum for the x and y directions, respectively.
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
F8 418.8
F7 386.5
F6 333.8
F5 282.6 These are actually (Y) to designate
F4 231.1 the y-direction
F3 177.7
F2 128.6
F1 77.5
Check Sum 2036.651758
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
Part 2 – Estimation of Equivalent ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
F8 548.4
F7 505.7
F6 436.7
F5 369.7
F4 302.3
F3 232.6
F2 168.3
F1 101.4
Check Sum 2665.125551
ETABS 2016 – RC Frame
Example (Part 3)
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
Important Note: The forces calculated for the y-direction are written here by mistake.
Actually, the forces calculated for the x-direction should have been written here!
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Important Note: The forces calculated for the x-direction are written here by mistake. Actually, the forces
calculated for the y-direction should have been written here!
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Important Note: Same mistake..the forces calculated for the y-direction are written here.
Actually, the forces calculated for the x-direction should have been written here!
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Part 4 – Results
• When you finish definition of all required load combinations, save your model and run analysis
by clicking
• Note: You should first know the local axes of members (columns, shear walls, etc.) in order to
understand which internal force you will choose in the results. Click to see the undeformed
shape on 3-D view. Then click and click «Local Axes» in «Set View Options» window under
«Object Assignments-Frame Assignments». Click OK!
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Part 4 – Results
• At the end, you will see the 3-D window as shown here.
In ETABS local as identification:
• Red axis: Local «1» axis
• Green axis: Local «2» axis 2
• Blue axis: Local «3» axis 1 3
Therefore, the forces that we will be interested in:
For beams:
• Shear 2-2: shear forces
• Moment 3-3: bending moments
• Axial Forces («N» along axis-1)
For columns:
• Shear 3-3 and Shear 2-2: shear forces
• Moment 2-2 and Moment 3-3: bending moments
• Axial Forces («N» along axis-1)
Part 4 – Results
• After the analysis is finished successfully, you may see the internal force diagrams by simply
clicking . For example, if you want to observe the distribution of bending moment in beams,
we should select «Moment 3-3» on «Member Force Diagrams for Frames..» window. Note that
«Combo» should be selected at the top to see the moment distribution under any load
combination. In this example, let us see the moment distribution of beams under «G+Q+EX-
0.3EY».
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Part 4 – Results
• If you want to see the distribution of internal forces on the members more clearly, you may
click . For example, here if we select «2», we will see the moment distribution of members
on the frame that is along 2-2 axis as shown below. In order to investigate one beam, right click
on that member and a window will pop-up where shear 2-2 (V2) and moment 3-3 (M3)
distributions will be shown.
You can change the load combination
to see the most critical one.
Part 4 – Results
• Another example is shown here for a column under load combination of «0.9G+0.3EX+EY»
combination.
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Part 4 – Results
• You may also obtain all results by choosing «Display-Show Tables». For example, choose
«Tables-Analysis-Results-Frame Results-Beam Forces» to get the internal forces on beams. A
table will appear where all internal forces are provided for beams. On this table, if you right click
and choose «Export to
Excel», all these results will
be exported to an excel sheet
that will open-up. If this does
not work, change the
position of the table, then
first press «Ctrl+A» to select
all data and «Ctrl+C» to copy
all data. Then paste this data
in excel. In excel, you can see
all internal forces on any
member that you are
interested and for any load
combination that you want.
The results will be presented
on certain points along the
members (stations).
Part 4 – Results
• Although there are shortcuts to obtain the results for story drifts in ETABS, at this stage it will
be better for you to observe the story displacements visually and calculate the relative
displacements and drifts of each story manually. In order to see the displacements, click ,
select «Story8» and click OK! This will open the «Plan View-Story8» instead of 3-d view. In
order to check the displacements, click and «Deformed Shape» window will appear. For
example, if you want to see the displacements under «EX» loading, choose this load case when
«Case» is selected and click either «Apply» or «OK».
Lateral displacements are in units of When you move your cursor on the deformed shape in plan view, the displacements along x,
mm. Rotations are in units of rad. y, z axes (Ux, Uy, Uz) and also rotations about x, y, z axes (Rx, Ry, Rz) are shown at the joints.
You may only consider the main joints (totally 24 here) where the beams and columns (or
shear walls) joins.
In case of loading along y-axis (for example under EY load case), you
should consider and write down the Uy displacements (along y-axis) .
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Part 4 – Results
• For example, if you select «EYP» load case on «Deformed Shape» window, the following
displaced plan will be shown where the Uy displacements changes from one joint to another.
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre AKIN
ADU Civil Eng. Dept.
Part 4 – Results
• You should do the same operations to take the lateral displacement at different stories. In
order to navigate between different stories, you may use «up-down arrows» . When you
do that, you will see «Plan View» changes from «Story8» to other stories.
• Now that you have all the displacements at the joints of different story levels (under different
load cases). You may calculate lateral drift ratios and check these according to the limit values
provided in the seismic code. [Also, the «Graduation Project Group» will check soft story and
torsional irregularities on their model]
• Especially for the «Graduation Project Group» : When the lateral displacements does not
change at different joints on the plan (as it happens in case of «Ux under EX loading» and «Uy
under EY loading»), this means that there is no need to check torsional irregularity. However, if
the lateral displacements change between joints on the plan (as it happens in case of «Ux
under EXP or EXN loading» and «Uy under EYP or EYN loading»), there may be a torsional
irregularity since maximum and average displacements will be different.