ETABS Load combinations

Load Combinations for Service Limit State Design:

S1 1.0D

S2 1.0D + 1.0L

S3 1.0D + 1.0W X
S4 1.0D + 1.0W Y

S5 1.0D + 1.0L + 1.0W X

S6 1.0D + 1.0L + 1.0W Y

S7 1.0D + 0.714E X
S8 1.0D + 0.714E Y

S9 0.9D +/- 0.714E X

S9 0.9D +/- 0.714E Y

S10 1.0D + 0.75L + 0.714E X

S10 1.0D + 0.75L + 0.714E Y

Load Combinations for Ultimate Limit State Design:

U1 1.4D

U2 1.0D + 1.6L

U3 1.4D + 1.6L

U4 1.0D + 1.4W X
U5 1.0D + 1.4W Y

U6 1.4D + 1.4W X
U7 1.4D + 1.4W Y

U8 1.2D + 1.2L + 1.2W X

U9 1.2D + 1.2L + 1.2W Y

U10 1.2D + 1.0E X + f 1L

U11 1.2D + 1.0E Y + f 1L

U12 0.9D +/- 1.0E X

U13 0.9D +/- 1.0E Y

D Dead Load (includes self weight and all super-imposed dead loads)
L Live Load
W Wind Load
E Seismic Load
T Temperature Load

Where f 1 is 1.0 for live loads in excess of 4.9kN/m2 and 0.5 for all other live loads.
Temperature load has been considered in the design for Ultimate Limit State. In accordance with
UBC97 T has been added to each of the Ultimate Limit State load combinations with a load factor 1.2.