Hyder Consulting Middle East Ltd.

& W.S. Atkins Overseas(JV)

P.O.Box 1854
Doha, State of Qatar
Tel. +974 4429 555
Fax +974 4428 874

CALCULATION NO.

CALCULATION

SHEET No.

PROJECT

STATIC DESIGN BASE SHEAR AS PER UBC97

Seismic Zone
Ductility Factor
UBC97 Tbl 16-N
Importance factor
UBC97 Tbl 16-K
Seismic coefficient
UBC97 Tbl 16-Q
Seismic coefficient
UBC97 Tbl 16-R
Total Seismic dead load
Total height of the structure
Numerical coefficient
Elastic fundamental period of vibration (method B)
Soil Profile
Excitation angle from x-axis

R
I
Ca
Cv
W
hn
Ct
TB

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

2
5.5
1.00
0.18
0.25
26379.5 kN
21
0.0488
0.4039

Elastic fundamental period of vibration (Method A)

=
1.3TA =
Therefore, T =

0.478723
0.6702122 >
0.404 s

0.4039

< 0.70

Total Design Base Shear

=

2968.7254

2158.3227

522.3141

The total design base shear need not exceed

The total design base shear shall not be less than

Therefore, V =

2158

kN

The concentrated force at the top, which is in addition to Fn

=
0.25V =
Therfore, Ft =

since, T < 0.70

539.58068 kN
0

kN

Hyder Consulting Middle East Ltd.

& W.S. Atkins Overseas(JV)
P.O.Box 1854
Doha, State of Qatar
Tel. +974 4429 555
Fax +974 4428 874

CALCULATION NO.

CALCULATION

SHEET No.

PROJECT

Design Base Shear, V

Concentrated force at the top, Ft
STOREY
LEVEL
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
B

STOREY
HEIGHT
(m)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

=
=

HT ABOVE
GROUND
(m)
21
18
15
12
9
6
3
0

2158
0
WT PER
STOREY
(kN)
3768.5
3768.5
3768.5
3768.5
3768.5
3768.5
3768.5
3768.5

W xhx

V - Ft

kN
kN
W xhx

Fx

(kN-m)
79138.5
67833
56527.5
45222
33916.5
22611
11305.5
0

(kN)
539.58
462.50
385.41
308.33
231.25
154.17
77.08
0.00

316554 kN.m
2158 kN

STOREY
SHEAR
(kN)
539.6
1002.1
1387.5
1695.8
1927.1
2081.2
2158.3
2158.3

STOREY
MOMENT
(kN-m)
1618.74
3006.24
4162.48
5087.48
5781.22
6243.72
6474.97
6474.97