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Analysis and Design of Structures using

ETABS

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Analysis and Design of Structures using ETABS

Extended Three Dimensional Analysis of Building Systems)

Dr.P.Vinayagam, CIT, Coimbatore. Email:drpvinayagam@gmail.com

Step 1 Initialization of a New Model

When you execute the File menu > New Model command a message is
displayed asking if you want to initialize your new model with definitions and
preferences from an existing .edb file. You can answer either Choose .edb,
Default.edb or No to this question.
If you answer Choose .edb then you specify an ETABS file that has an .edb
extension. ETABS then starts your new model with the definitions and preferences
from the specified .edb file. In this case ETABS essentially imports the entire
specified .edb file into your new .edb file except for the following items:

Grid lines
Story data
Objects
Assignments to objects
Information on the number of windows and what is showing in the windows.

If you answer Default.edb to the question then ETABS starts your new model
using definitions and preferences that are specified in the Default.edb file that is in the
same directory as the ETABS.exe file. If there is no Default.edb file that is in the
same directory as the ETABS.exe file, or if you answer No to the question, then
ETABS uses built-in values for all of the definitions and preferences in your new
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Defining Story Data

Story data is defined from the Story Dimensions area of the Building Plan
Grid System and Story Definition dialog box. There are two options for defining the
story data:

Simple Story Data: Here you simply define the number of stories and a
typical story height that is used for all story levels. Using this option ETABS
provides default names for each story level and assumptions for story level
similarity. You can later edit all of this information using the Edit menu >
Edit Story Data command.

Custom Story Data: This option allows you to define your own story names,
story levels of nonuniform height and customized story similarity. After you
choose this option you click the Edit Story Data button and the Story Data
dialog box appears. This dialog box is the same one that appears when you
execute the Edit menu > Edit Story Data >Edit command.

Note that when you use the Custom Story Data option whatever is specified for the
Simple Story Data option (which becomes grayed out, that is, inactive when you
select the Custom Story Data option) is used to provide the initial values in the Story
Data dialog box.

Grid Dimensions of Building

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Spacing of grids in Plan

Story Details

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3 D space Grid model

Step 2: Assign Design Code as IS 456: 2000

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Step 3: Material properties as M20 Grade of concrete and Fe 415 Steel

Material Properties
The material properties in ETABS are always linear elastic. Use the Define menu
> Material Properties command to define material properties. This command brings
up the Define Materials dialog box where the names of all defined material properties
are listed. In this dialog box you can do the following:

Click the Add New Material button to display the Material Property Data
dialog box where you can define new material properties.

Highlight a material property name and click the Modify/Show Material

button to display the Material Property Data dialog box where you can review
and/or modify the material properties for the highlighted material property.

Click the Delete Material button to delete an existing material property. Note
that you can not delete two built-in material properties that are named STEEL
and CONC. You also can not delete any material property that is currently
specified in the definition of a frame section property or a wall/slab/deck
section property. In other words, you can not delete a material property if it is
currently in use.

The Material Property Data dialog box consists of six different areas. They are:
Material Name

Display Color

Type of Material

Type of Design

Analysis Property Data

Design Property Data

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Step 4: Define Member properties for Beam, Column, Slab, Shear & Brick wall
Add Beam Size

Add Column Size

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Step 5: Draw line Objects like: Plinth, Main Beam, Secondary Beam & Column

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Draw Area Object like: Slab, Shear Wall and Brick wall

Step 6 Assign Supports

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Step 7 Add Live load as per IS 875 Part 2

Similarly for multistory multi bay structures can be developed and loads can be
applied as per our requirements and analyze the structures for example.

Assign Diaphragms

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Define Brick wall, Wind load as per IS 875 and Earth Quake Load as per IS 1893

Assign Brick Wall and Parapet Wall load

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Define Load Combination as per requirement

Step 8 Run Analysis

Step 9 Display Bending Moment Diagram graphically Forces like bending

moments, shear force, torsion, deflections and axial force can be obtain both graphical
or table form for each member separately as follows.

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Display Shear Force Diagram graphically

Display for Live Load Distribution

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Display BMD and SFD in Table form numerically

Step 10 Design members

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Area of Steel required display for members

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