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Plant
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Title

Calculation of Seismic Base Shear based on SAN

INPUT :

Type of Building 0.085, for steel frames

ht, ht of bldg from the foundation or from the top of a rigid basement 10.00

Ground Type 1.000

Structural System Ordinary concrete frames not detailed in accordance

ag 0.15

CT, factor used to determine fundamental period of vibration 0.085

T=CT x ht3/4 0.478

OUPUT :

S 1.000

TB, limits of constant spectral acceleration 0.150

TC, limits of constant spectral acceleration 0.400

TD, value defining beginning of constant displacement 2.000

q, Behaviour Factor 2

Sd(T), design response spectrum for elastic analysis 0.157

Vn, Design Base Shear, Sd(T) x Wn 0.157

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Page of

hear based on SANS 10160-4:2011 Edition 1.1

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Cl 5.3, SANS 10160-4:2011 Condition

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kN/Unit Wn Cl 8.5.1, SANS 10160-4:2011 ###
where Wn is sustatined vertical load (force), kN ###

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