STATIC ANALYSIS :

SEISMIC COEFFICIENT METHOD

S Patel Institute of Technology

INTRODUCTION DEFINED CLAUSES IN IS 1893

FOR THE CALCULATION OF
Time
History BASE SHEAR Lev hi Wi Wihi2 Qi
Dynamic Method el (m) (KN)
Analysis (KN)
Cl 7.3.1 for various loading classes
Response specified in IS 875 (part 2 ) . Design
Earthquake Spectrum
Method seismic Force Shall be estimated full dead
Analysis 1059
3 9 85855.95 118.836
load plus percentage of imposed load. .95

Static Seismic The same shall be used in the three

Analysis coefficien
t dimensional dynamic analysis of building
Method 1310
also. 2 5 32760.5 45.345
.42
cl 7.4.1 Seismic Weight of floor
EQUIVALENT STATIC
Seismic Weight of each floor is its full
METHOD
Dead load plus appropriate amount of 576.
1 2 2305.36 3.190
• As per this method, first, the design 34
imposed load , as specified in 7.3 while
base
shear VB shall be computed for the
computing the seismic weight of each

building as a whole. Then, this VB floor ,the weight of columns and walls
shall be distributed to the various floor any
in storey shall be appropriately VB=167.371
Total 120921.8
levels at the corresponding centres of apportion to the floor above and below KN
mass. And, finally, this design seismic the storey.
force at each floor level shall be cl 7.4.2 Any weight supported in between
resisting elements through
distributed structural
to individual lateral load storeys shall be distributed to floors GRAPH
analysis considering the floor
diaphragm above and below in inverse proportion to
action. This method shall be applicable
its distance from the floors. 140

for regular buildings with height less than

cl 7.6.2 The approximate fundamental 120
15m in Seismic Zone II.
•From Cl 7.6.1 (IS 1893 (part 1):2016), translational natural period Ta of
the
SEISMIC 100
oscillation, in second, shall be estimated LEVEL
deign base shear VB along any WEIGHT Qi value 80
by following.
principal direction of a building shall be 60
Ta =0.09h / d 1 576.34KN
determined
40
Where ,
by:VB=AhW
h= height of building as defined in in m 20
•Where,
Ah= design horizontal
acceleration
2 1310.42 KN
coefficient value as per 6.4.2, using
d= base dimension of the building at the 0

plinth level along the consider direction of 1 2 3

approximate fundamental natural period
Ta Level
earthquake shaking in m. 3 1059.95 KN
as per 7.6.2 along the considered
direction of shaking
EXAMPLE REFERENCES
• W= seismic weight of the building as Ah = (Z/2)* (Sa/g)* (I /R)
per ➢ The plan & elevation of storey RCC IS 1893 (PART-1) : 2016
To find base shear VB = Ah* w
7.4 building is shown in fig. The building
HORIZONTAL SEISMIC For RC MRF building
is located in Ahmedabad. The type of
COEFFICIENT T=0.075h 0.75 ;h = 10m
soil is hard soil & it is proposed to
Ta= 0.0075(10)0.75=0.422 s Guided By
design with RC MRF.
•Cl 6.4.2 The design horizontal seismic (Sa/g)= (1/T) =(1/0.422) = 2.369 Mrs. Neha Rajput
•Slab thickness =120 mm
coefficient Ah for a for a structure shall Z= 0.16, R =5, I =1.5 Assistant Professor
•Live load = 4KN/ m2;Floor finish= 1KN/m2
be determined by Ah = (0.16/2)*(1.5/5)*(2.369) M S Patel Department of Civil
•Column size CB = 600*300 mm ,CA= Engineering
= 0.0568
•Ah = (Z/2)* (Sa/g)* (I /R) 300*600 mm ,CC=400 mm
Wi = 2946.71 kN
•Where •Beam sizes = 230*460mm Present By
•Shear walls = 200*2000mm
VB=AhW
•Z= seismic zone factor
NEVIA VEKARIYA 15cl117
•I = importance Factor •230mm thick outer masonry
wall/115mm inner masonry wall RUCHITA MEGHANI D16cl142
•R = response reduction factor
•Density of RCC=25KN/m2 & density of
VB= 167.73 KN
•(sa/g) = Design acceleration coefficient JANAK GANGANI D16cl155
brick masonry = 20KN/m2
for different soil type.

M S Patel Department of Civil Engineering, CSPIT, CHARUSAT, Changa