Earthquake load calculations as per IS1893-2002.

- by Hemant Vadalkar

Project : Building xyz at Mumbai. Rev.Mar2003
User : hsv Date : 30­Jul­19

(1) TOTAL SEISMIC WEIGHT OF BUILDING ( W ) = 19250 TONS

? (2) Height of the building h (metre) = 20

? (3) Base dimension of the building d (metre) = 10

? (4) Building Type  1: Bldg. with infill  1 0.569 

 2 : RCC frame Bldg. without infill 0.709 
 3 : Steel frame Bldg. without infill 0.804 
? (4a) Soil strata 1: Hard, 2: Medium, 3: Soft 2
(5) Time period T  (T1 = 0.09 * h / sqrt(d)= 0.569 seconds
T2 = 0.075*h^0.75 ;  T3 = 0.085*h^0.75 )
? (6) Zone factor Z as per Table 2 = 0.16
? (7) Importance Factor I as per Table 6 = 1
? (8) Response Reduction Factor R as per Table 7 = 5
(9)  From Fig 2 of IS:1893­2002  Sa/g = 2.389
(10) Design Horizontal Seismic coefficient Ah 
(11)               Ah =Z*I*Sa/(2*R*g) =  0.0382

(12) DESIGN BASE SHEAR ( Vb = Ah * W ) = 736  TONS

? (13) TYPICAL STOREY HEIGHT ( H ) = 2.9 METRES

(14) P_FACTOR  =  (Wi*hi^2) / (TOTAL(Wi*hi^2))

(15) Qi  =  P_FACTOR * Vb
FLOOR Wi hi Wi*hi^2  P_FACTOR Qi NO. OF JOINT
(TONS) (MTS) (TONS) JOINTS FORCE
(TONS)

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ROOF 1000 79.82  6371232  0.1413  104.0  1 104.0086 

25 700 76.92  4141680  0.0919  67.6  1 67.6118 

24 700 74.02  3835272  0.0851  62.6  1 62.6098 

23 700 71.12  3540638  0.0785  57.8  1 57.7999 

22 700 68.22  3257778  0.0723  53.2  1 53.1823 

21 700 65.32  2986692  0.0663  48.8  1 48.7569 

20 700 62.42  2727379  0.0605  44.5  1 44.5237 

19 700 59.52  2479841  0.0550  40.5  1 40.4827 

18 700 56.62  2244077  0.0498  36.6  1 36.6339 

17 700 53.72  2020087  0.0448  33.0  1 32.9774 

16 700 50.82  1807871  0.0401  29.5  1 29.5130 

15 700 47.92  1607428  0.0357  26.2  1 26.2408 

14 700 45.02  1418760  0.0315  23.2  1 23.1609 

13 700 42.12  1241866  0.0275  20.3  1 20.2731 

12 700 39.22  1076746  0.0239  17.6  1 17.5776 

11 700 36.32  923400  0.0205  15.1  1 15.0742 

10 700 33.42  781827  0.0173  12.8  1 12.7631 

9 700 30.52  652029  0.0145  10.6  1 10.6442 

8 700 27.62  534005  0.0118  8.7  1 8.7175 

7 700 24.72  427755  0.0095  7.0  1 6.9830 

6 700 21.82  333279  0.0074  5.4  1 5.4407 

5 700 18.92  250576  0.0056  4.1  1 4.0906 

4 700 16.02  179648  0.0040  2.9  1 2.9327 

3 700 13.12  120494  0.0027  2.0  1 1.9670 

2 700 10.22  73114  0.0016  1.2  1 1.1936 

1 700 7.32  37508  0.0008  0.6  1 0.6123 

STILT 575 3.66 7702  0.0002  0.1  1 0.1257 

Base 175 0.00  0  0.0000  0.0  1 0.0000 

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TOTAL 19250 45078687  1.0000  735.9 

(W) MT (Vb)  MT
Approximate Seismic weight calculations :
(I)  TYPICAL FLOOR BEAM+COL SELF WT(DL) = 175.00  TONS

(II)  TYPICAL FLOOR SLAB (DEAD) LOADS = 100.00  TONS

(III)  TYPICAL FLOOR WALL (DEAD) LOADS = 400.00  TONS

(IV)  TYPICAL FLOOR SLAB (LIVE) LOADS = 100.00  TONS

(V)  ROOF FLOOR SLAB (DEAD) LOADS = 170.80  TONS

(VI)  ROOF FLOOR SLAB (LIVE) LOADS = 0.00  TONS

(VII)  GR. / PLINTH LEVEL D.L. (NO L.L.) = 575.00  TONS

(VIII)  TYPICAL FLOOR D.L. + (25%) L.L. = 700.00  TONS

(IX)  ROOF FLOOR D.L. + (25%) L.L. = 345.80  TONS

Earthquake load calculations as per IS1893-2002.

Calculation of Time period T sec

T=0.075h^0.75

T=0.085h^0.75
Buildings with Brick infill panels
Bldg. Without Brick infill Base dimension d (m) T= 0.09*h/d^0.5
Height RC frame Steel
h(m) frame 10 20 30 40 50

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 0.2507776 0.284215 0.142302 0.100623 0.082158 0.071151 0.06364
10 0.421756 0.47799 0.284605 0.201246 0.164317 0.142302 0.127279
15 0.5716493 0.647869 0.426907 0.301869 0.246475 0.213454 0.190919
20 0.7093062 0.80388 0.56921 0.402492 0.328634 0.284605 0.254558
25 0.8385255 0.950329 0.711512 0.503115 0.410792 0.355756 0.318198
30 0.9613958 1.089582 0.853815 0.603738 0.49295 0.426907 0.381838
35 1.0792257 1.223123 0.996117 0.704361 0.575109 0.498059 0.445477
40 1.1929061 1.35196 1.13842 0.804984 0.657267 0.56921 0.509117
45 1.3030787 1.476823 1.280722 0.905608 0.739425 0.640361 0.572756
50 1.4102262 1.598256 1.423025 1.006231 0.821584 0.711512 0.636396
55 1.5147232 1.716686 1.565327 1.106854 0.903742 0.782664 0.700036
60 1.6168685 1.832451 1.70763 1.207477 0.985901 0.853815 0.763675
65 1.7169051 1.945826 1.849932 1.3081 1.068059 0.924966 0.827315
70 1.8150341 2.057039 1.992235 1.408723 1.150217 0.996117 0.890955
75 1.9114248 2.166281 2.134537 1.509346 1.232376 1.067269 0.954594
80 2.0062209 2.273717 2.27684 1.609969 1.314534 1.13842 1.018234
85 2.0995463 2.379486 2.419142 1.710592 1.396693 1.209571 1.081873
90 2.1915084 2.48371 2.561445 1.811215 1.478851 1.280722 1.145513
95 2.2822014 2.586495 2.703747 1.911838 1.561009 1.351874 1.209153
100 2.3717082 2.687936 2.84605 2.012461 1.643168 1.423025 1.272792
105 2.4601027 2.788116 2.988352 2.113084 1.725326 1.494176 1.336432
110 2.5474506 2.887111 3.130655 2.213707 1.807484 1.565327 1.400071
115 2.6338112 2.984986 3.272957 2.31433 1.889643 1.636479 1.463711
120 2.7192379 3.081803 3.41526 2.414953 1.971801 1.70763 1.527351
125 2.803779 3.177616 3.557562 2.515576 2.05396 1.778781 1.59099
130 2.8874786 3.272476 3.699865 2.6162 2.136118 1.849932 1.65463
135 2.9703771 3.366427 3.842167 2.716823 2.218276 1.921084 1.718269
140 3.0525114 3.459513 3.98447 2.817446 2.300435 1.992235 1.781909
145 3.1339154 3.551771 4.126772 2.918069 2.382593 2.063386 1.845549
150 3.2146205 3.643237 4.269075 3.018692 2.464752 2.134537 1.909188
 60 70 80

0 0 0
0.058095 0.053785 0.050312
0.11619 0.107571 0.100623
0.174284 0.161356 0.150935
0.232379 0.215141 0.201246
0.290474 0.268926 0.251558
0.348569 0.322712 0.301869
0.406663 0.376497 0.352181
0.464758 0.430282 0.402492
0.522853 0.484068 0.452804
0.580948 0.537853 0.503115
0.639042 0.591638 0.553427
0.697137 0.645423 0.603738
0.755232 0.699209 0.65405
0.813327 0.752994 0.704361
0.871421 0.806779 0.754673
0.929516 0.860565 0.804984
0.987611 0.91435 0.855296
1.045706 0.968135 0.905608
1.1038 1.02192 0.955919
1.161895 1.075706 1.006231
1.21999 1.129491 1.056542
1.278085 1.183276 1.106854
1.336179 1.237062 1.157165
1.394274 1.290847 1.207477
1.452369 1.344632 1.257788
1.510464 1.398417 1.3081
1.568558 1.452203 1.358411
1.626653 1.505988 1.408723
1.684748 1.559773 1.459034
1.742843 1.613559 1.509346
 Time period v/s height

4
B
3.5

A
3

2.5
Time period T sec

1.5

0.5

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Height h (m)
A : RC frames without infill B : Steel frames without infill
 Height v/s time period

4.5

D 10
Time period T Sec.

4
B
A : RC frames without infill
3.5 panels
A B: Steel frames without infill
3 panel
D 20
D 10 : Bldg. with infill & Base
10m
2.5 D 20 : Bldg. with infill & Base
D 30
20m

2 D 30 : Bldg. with infill & Base

D 40 30m
D40 : Bldg with infill &Base 40m
1.5

For A : T = 0.075 *
1 h0.075

For B : T = 0.085 *
0.5
h0.075

0 For others
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 T = 0.09 * h /
(d )
0.5

Height h (m)
 Help on the work sheet : by Hemant Vadalkar

1 All the cells with yellow colour are for data input.  
Numbers in blue colour are not protected & can be changed.
2 No macro is used in this sheet.
3 Earthquake base shear calculations are done as per new IS1893­2002.
4 Provide the required parameters like building height, base dimension, 
soil strata, building type, zone factor, Importance factor etc.
5 Program will calculate the base shear Vb for the entire structure.
To calculate the seismic weight, provide DL+appropriate fraction of LL
for every floor and height of floor. This is required to calculate the 
distribution of EQ forces along the height of the building.
6 Reference may be made to IS1893­2002 for the different parameters.
7 Values of Zone factor Z are given at the location Col:AC Row:7 in sheet EQCalc.
8 At location,  Column:O , Row:1, approximate column selfweight calculation
can be carried out based on column sizes at different floors in sheet EQCalc.
9 Graphs of Time period T v/s Height H can be viewed in sheet "Chart1"
for RCC and steel frames without infill panels.
Sheet named " Chart2" shows graph of T v/s H for RCC frames with infill panels
for different base dimensions like 10m, 20m,30m and 40m.
10 For suggestions and comments contact Hemant Vadalkar at Email: vva@vsnl.com
in sheet EQCalc.
alculation
 sheet EQCalc.

h infill panels

vva@vsnl.com