Project 1_Comparative study of different storey buildings for Seismic forces
PROJECT – 1
Comparative study of different storey buildings for Seismic forces
- AIM : To compare the results of various structural configuration with respect to seismic force on E-TABS.
Introduction : The project consist 10 different building with various configuration having bay length of 4.00m on X & Y directions. All columns in each storey are same in size and all beams are of same size of 300x400mm.
2.PROCEDURE:
- Draw/model initialization by grid method.

- Defining material and sections.


- Draw Column, beam and slab.

- Define mass source, load patterns and assign live loads, wall loads etc.



- Select Beams and slabs assign live loads and wall loads as:


- Assign load combinations:

- Select Slab and assign Diaphragm:

Run analysis :

- Repeat the procedures for all 10 type building configurations.
RESULTS :
- Building E

- Building F

- Building G

- Building H

- Building J

- Building K

- Building B

- Building B (Zero inertia)

- Building B (Fixed joint)

- Building H (Zero axial area)

RESULTS
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Criteria |
Model |
Analysis result |
Conclusion |
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Effect of stiffness on time period |
Building – E (10 storey with varying column size) |
1.77 S |
No considerable changes in Time period. |
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Building – F (10 storey with uniform column size) |
1.77 S |
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Effect of stiffness on time period |
Building – G (25 storey with varying column size) |
4.19 S |
Slightly higher Time period in uniform than varying column size. |
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Building – H (25 storey with uniform column size) |
4.43 S |
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Effect of Building height on time period |
Building – H (25 storey with 3 KN/Sqm imposed load) |
4.43 S |
No considerable changes in Time period. |
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Building – J (25 storey with 3.3 KN/Sqm imposed load) |
4.43 S |
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Building – K (25 storey with 3.6 KN/Sqm imposed load) |
4.44 S |
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Effect of Building height on time period |
Building – A (2 storey ) |
0.58 S |
Higher Time period for higher number of storey’s. |
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Building – B (5 storey ) |
1.16 S |
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Building – F (10 storey ) |
1.77 S |
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Building – H (25 storey with uniform column size) |
4.43 S |
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Effect of Column orientation on time period |
Building – B (All floor Coulmn size 400x400 mm, 5 storey ) |
1.16 S |
Uniform column size has less Time period than non-uniform column size. |
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Building – C (All column size 500x300, orientation in X direction ) |
1.36 S |
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Building – D All column size 300x500, orientation in Y direction) |
1.34 S |
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Effect of mass on Time period |
Building – J (With imposed mass 10% larger ) |
4.42 S |
Higher the mass, higher is the time period. |
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Building – K (With imposed mass 20% larger ) |
4.44 S |
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Criteria |
Model |
Case |
Analysis result |
Conclusion |
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Effect of Flexural stiffness of structural elements on mode shapes |
Building – B (Beam with 10% stiffness ) |
Flexural stiffness of beams close to nil (Zero inertia) |
2.64 S |
Lower the stiffness, higher Time period. |
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Flexural stiffness of beam (Regular) |
1.16 S |
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Effect of Flexural stiffness of structural elements on mode shapes |
Building – H (Column with 10% stiffness ) |
Axil cross section for columns is close to nil (Zero axial area) |
5.93 S |
Lower the stiffness, higher Time period. |
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Full axial cross section for columns (Regular) |
4.43 S |
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Effect of degree of fixity at Column base on Mode shape |
Building – B |
Column support pinned (Regular) |
1.16 S |
Fixed support has less Time period than Pin support. |
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Column support fixed |
0.87 S |