PROJECT : 150MW Coal Fired Power Plant Project in Stung Hav, Sihanoukville Date : Mar.

10, 2017
SUBJECT : SEISMIC LOADING USING UBC 1997 & ASCE 7-05 rev : A

Seismic Code for CAMBODIA

ITEM UBC 1997 (Uniform Building Code) ASCE 7-05 (American Society of Civil Engineers) REMARKS

Maximum base shear for Maximum base shear for Seismic Parameters for ASCE 7-05:
1. Seismic Base Shear 2.5*Ca*I Sa*Ie
V= W Building and Non Building V= W Building and Non Building
R Structures R Structures PGA = 0.4g
For Rigid Non-Building For Rigid Non-Building = 0.041
V= 0.7*Ca*I W structure or Foundation V= 0.3*SDS*Ie W structure or Foundation
(T < 0.06) (T < 0.06)
Minimum base shear for Non- Where : W = Effective Seismic Weight Ss = 2.5 X PGA
V= 0.56*Ca*I W
Building Structures T = Natural Period of structure = 0.1025
Where : Sa = spectral accelaration
W = Effective Seismic Weight = SDS if T < Ts S1 = 1.0 X PGA
T = Natural Period of structure Ts = SD1/SDS = 0.041
Ca = 0.12 seismic coefficient (Table 16-Q) = 0.606 sec
Z= 0.075 for Zone 1 SDS = 0.109 design spectral accelaration for short Fa = 1.6
period
Soil Profile Type = SD Fv = 2.4
SD1 = 0.066 design spectral accelaration for period
of 1 sec.
SDS = 2/3*Fa*Ss
Above values are applicable for Cambodia if Site Class = D SD1 = 2/3*Fv*S1
(Soil Profile Type = SD)

2. Importance Factor Occupancy Category = 3 for power generating stations Occupancy Category = 3 for power generating stations not
required in an emergency

I= 1.0 Importance Factor Ie = 1.25 Importance Factor

Seismic Category = C

3. Response Modification R= 3.5 For Ordinary Concrete Moment Frame R= 3.00 For Ordinary Concrete Moment Frame
Factor 4.5 For Ordinary Steel Moment Frame 3.50 For Ordinary Steel Moment Frame
5.6 For Ordinary Steel Braced Frame 3.25 For Ordinary Steel Braced Frame
8.5 For Special Concrete Moment Frame 8.00 For Special Concrete Moment Frame
2.9 For all other self-supporting non-building 3.00 Other Reinforced Concrete Non-Building Structure
structures not covered in Table 16-P

4. Max. Base Shear Values V = 0.086 W, For Ordinary Concrete Moment Frame V = 0.045 W, For Ordinary Concrete Moment Frame
= 0.067 W, For Ordinary Steel Moment Frame = 0.039 W, For Ordinary Steel Moment Frame
= 0.054 W, For Ordinary Steel Braced Frame = 0.042 W, For Ordinary Steel Braced Frame
= 0.035 W, For Special Concrete Moment Frame = 0.017 W, For Special Concrete Moment Frame
= 0.103 W, For all other self-supporting non-building = 0.045 W, Other Reinforced Concrete Non-Building Structure
= 0.084 W, For Rigid Non-Building Structure or Foundation = 0.041 W, For Rigid Non-Building Structure or Foundation
= 0.067 W, Minimum base shear for non-building = 0.030 W, Minimum base shear for non-building
structures structures

5. Vertical Seismic Load Ev* = Vertical Seismic Load Ev* = Vertical Seismic Load
= 0.5*Ca*I D = 0.2*SDS D, 12.4-4 ASCE 7-05
= 0.060 D = 0.022 D
where : D is dead load effect where : D is dead load effect
note : * - Ev is permitted to be taken as zero for allowable stress design note : * - Ev is permitted to be taken as zero if S DS < 0.125