MODELIRANJE KONSTRUKCIJA I NUMERIKE METODE 2015/16

Slika 1: Two-storey RC building - plan drawings

Civil Engineering: Master course

School year 2015/16
Structural modeling and numerical methods

ASSIGNMENT: Building analysis

Building layout and gravitational loading

One-storey reinforced building consists of a rigid cellar, ground oor and the rst oor. Storey
heights are: 4.5m for the ground oor and 3.5m for the rst oor. Crude layout of the building is
presented in the given gures: Fig. 1 represents the plan, while Figs. 2 and 3 are elevations.
Slabs are full RC plates of assumed thickness d=20cm, all columns are with the constant square
section 40x40cm and all beams are 40x60cm. Bellow the level 0.0 there is a sti boxed cellar with
circumferential RC walls and the foundation RC slab (not presented in the drawings), so the building
may be assumed as clamped at the level 0.0. The concrete quality is C25/30 (or MB30).
Gravitational loading is assumed as follows:
additional dead load, representing non-structural weight (oors, installations, internal partition walls, cielings etc) is assumed as uniformly distributed load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g = 2.50
kPa
live load over all oors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p = 3.00 kPa
snow load over the top slabs is assumed as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s = 1.0 kPa
uniform line loading along edges of the slabs (due to facade walls)

- for slab at +4.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . q = 22.0 kN/m

- for slab at +8.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . q = 10.0 kN/m
Notes:
The line load along the circumference of slabs may be transformed into the equivalent distributed
load over the whole slab
Wind loads may be neglected when compared to the earthquake loads

Prof. dr Stanko Bri

Structural modeling and numerical methods

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Slika 2: Two-storey RC building - elevations 1-1 and 2-2

Slika 3: Two-storey RC building - elevations 3-3 and 4-4

Prof. dr Stanko Bri

Structural modeling and numerical methods

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Earthquake data
With respect to the possible earthquake, the following is given in the microseismic report:
The building is located over predominant layers of dense sand mixed with gravel, with the shear
wave velocity of vs,30 400 m/s
The peak ground acceleration (PGA), to be expected with the return period of 50 years, is
estimated as ag = 175 cm/s2
The surface wave magnitude Ms is not greater then 5.5, so Type 2 spectrum is appropriate

The Assignment
1. Formulate the corresponding numerical models of the building using comparatively both Tower
and SAP2000
2. With the basic load cases make the corresponding load combinations according to Eurocodes
(ULS and SLS), including the earthquake analysis according to EC8
3. Determine the necessary reinforcement in slabs and columns, assuming B 500B for reinforcement
and C25/30 for concrete

Prof. dr Stanko Bri

Structural modeling and numerical methods

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