ASCE Seismic Load©

according to ASCE 7-10

Ver. 1.4

Please send your comments & suggestions to improve this tool on melkateb@hotmail.com

by
Mahmoud M. El-Kateb, Ph.D

Structural Engineering Dept.

Faculty of Engineering - Ain Shams University
 Earthquake Loads according to ASCE 7-10 By: Dr. Mahmoud El-Kateb
Version 1.3

Earthqauke Loads According to ASCE 07-10, Section 11.4

Seismic Deisgn Category

INPUT DATA:
Mapped Acceleration Ss = 0.596 = 59.6% g Figure 22-1 to 22-6

Mapped Acceleration S1 = 0.179 = 17.9% g Figure 22-1 to 22-6

Site Class: C Table 20.3-1

Site Coeffiecient Fa = 1.1616 Table 11.4-1
Site Coeffiecient Fv = 1.62 Table 11.4-2

Occupancy Category: II Table 1.5-1

OUTPUT DATA:
SMS = 0.692 Max. considered earthquake spectral response acceleration
SM1 = 0.290 Max. considered earthquake spectral response acceleration
SDS = 0.462 5% damped design spectral response acceleration
SD1 = 0.193 5% damped design spectral response acceleration

Seismic Design Category: C Table 11.6-1 & 11.6-2

481839969.xlsx-Calculations 2 of 25
 Earthquake Loads according to ASCE 7-10 By: Dr. Mahmoud El-Kateb
Version 1.3

Earthqauke Loads According to ASCE 07-10, Section 11.4

Equivalent Lateral Force

INPUT DATA:

SDS = 0.462 from Seismic design cateogry

Response modification factor (R) = 5 Table 12.2-1

Importance factor (Ie) = 1 Table 1.5-2
Long period transition time TL = 8 Sec. Figure 22-12 to 22-16

Height of building (h) = 100 m

Weight of structure : Dead weight = 62,000 kN

Storage load = 2,000 kN

Seismic weight = 62,500 kN

Structure type: Other structural systems Table 12.8-2

OUTPUT DATA:
Calculated Cs = 0.092
Corrected Cs = 0.025
Ct = 0.0488 x= 0.75

Fundamental period (T) = 1.543 Sec.

Seismic Base Shear (V) = 1567 kN

Scaling target Shear = 1332 kN ( 85% of Seismic base shear)

481839969.xlsx-Calculations 3 of 25
 Values of Ss and S1 at UAE
Location Longitude Latitude Ss (%g) S1 (%g)

Abu Dhabi 54.3883 24.4500 59.6 17.9

Dubai 55.2800 25.2522 83.2 25.0

Al-Ain 55.7607 24.1917 66.4 19.9

Ajman 55.4428 25.4061 86.0 25.8

Sharjah 55.3511 25.3622 85.1 25.5

Fujairah 56.3375 25.1231 82.7 24.8

Ras Al-Khaima 55.9428 25.7911 92.5 27.7

Umm Al-Quwain 55.5533 25.5653 88.6 26.6

Values of Ss and S1 at EGYPT

Location Longitude Latitude Ss (%g) S1 (%g)

Cairo 31.2357 30.0444 37.0 17.0

Alexandria 29.9187 31.2001 12.0 7.0

Port Said 32.3019 31.2653 36.0 17.0

Values of Ss and S1 at KSA

Location Longitude Latitude Ss (%g) S1 (%g)

Riyadh 46.6753 24.7136 3.0 4.0

Jeddah 39.1925 21.4858 26.0 13.0

Dhahran 50.0393 26.2361 6.0 3.0

Tabuk 36.5662 28.3835 15.0 8.0

Values of Ss and S1 at QATAR

Location Longitude Latitude Ss (%g) S1 (%g)

Doha 51.5310 25.2854 3.0 4.0

Values of Ss and S1 at KUWAIT

Location Longitude Latitude Ss (%g) S1 (%g)

Kuwait city 47.4818 29.3117 30.0 14.0

 Values of Ss and S1 based on PGA
PGA Ss (%g) S1 (%g) Ss (%g) S1 (%g)

0.150 37.5 18.8 33.3 10.3

UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC)

method Z.A. Lubkowski, & B. Aluisi method