Design Procedure for the Seismic Design of Building in china (GB50011-2001)

Determination of Fortification category 3. 1. 3 Determination of design basic acceleration of ground motion 3. 2. 2 Appendix A Adjustment of fortification intensity regarding site 3. 3. 3 Identification of plat 4. 1. 1 Determination of site class 4.1.6 Determination of seismic influence coefficient and characteristic period value 5.1.4 drawing seismic influence coefficient curve 5.1.5 a simplified method such as the base shear method not higher than 40m with deformation predominantly due to shear and a rather uniform distribution of mass and stiffness in elevation, or for structures modeled as a single-mass system

Methods shall be taken for seismic computation 5.1.2 extremely irregular configuration, building assigned Fortification category A, tall buildings (Table 5.1.2-1) the response spectrum method for modal analysis

the other buildings

a time-history analysis

Table3.2.2 Relationship between the intensity and design

Fortification Intensity Design basic acceleration of ground motion 6 0.05 7 0.10(0.15) 8 0.20(0.30) 9 0.40

Table4.1.6 Overlaying thickness of soil profile for site classification (m)

Equivalent shear-wave velocity (m/s) Vsc>500 500Vsc>250 250Vsc>140 140Vs Site-classes 0 <5 <3 <3 5 3~50 3~15 >50 >15~80 >80

Table5.1.2-1 Building height range for using time-history analysis method

Intensity and Site-class Intensity 7, Intensity 8 with Site-class , Intensity 8 with Site-class , Intensity 9 Rage of building height (m) >100 >80 >60

Table5.1.4-1 Maximum value of horizontal seismic influence coefficient

Fortification Intensity Frequently earthquake Rarely earthquake 6 0.04 7 0.08(0.12) 0.50(0.72) 8 0.16(0.24) 0.90(1.20) 9 0.32 1.40

Note: the values in the brackets are separately used for where the design basic seismic acceleration is 1.5g and 0.30g

Table5.1.4-2 Characteristic period value(s)

Design earthquake group 1st group 2nd group Site-class 1 0.25 0.30 Site-class 2 0.35 0.40 Site-class 3 0.45 0.55 Site-class 4 0.65 0.75

3rd group

0.35

0.45

0.65

0.90

A design acceleration response spectrum is obtained as follows:

Figure1. A Design acceleration response spectrum

Where, 1,2,:coefficientsdeterminedfromdampingratio,,

The characteristic value of horizontal seismic action of the structure shall be determined by the following equation:

Where, FEk:characteristicvalueofthetotalhorizontalseismicactionofthestructure. 1:horizontalseismicinfluencecoefficientcorrespondingtothefundamentalperiodofthestructure,whichshallbedeterminedinfigure1. Geq:equivalenttotalgravityloadofastructure. Fi:characteristicvalueofhorizontalseismicactionappliedonmassi-th. Gi,Gj:representativevaluesofgravityloadconcentratedatthemassesofi-thandj-threspectively. Hi,Hj:calculatedheightofmassi-thandj-thfromthebaseofthebuildingrespectively. n:additionalseismicactionfactorsatthetopofbuilding.