Project 1_Comparative study of different storey buildings for Seismic forces

AIM

To model and analyze multiple buildings with different floor levels and design parameters using Etabs software and compare the results to understand their overall seismic behavior.

INTRODUCTION 

ETAB or ETABS they mean the same. Its full form is extended three-dimentional analysis of building system. It is an engineering software product that caters to multi-story building analysis and design. ETABS offers a single user interface to perfom modelling, analysis, design and reporting.There is no limit to the number of modelling windows,model manipulation views and data views .

OBJECTIVES 

• Know how to extract different seismic responses for a structure 
• How to easily alter certain properties in an ETABS model
• Know the factors influencing the dynamic characterastics of building 
• Know the factors influencing the Natural Period of a building
• Know the factors influencing the Mode shape of oscillations

PART:1

PROCEDURE

BUILDING:A

STEP:1

• Open ETABS software 

• Then click on the new model and choose use built-in setting with option
• Set the display unit as Metric SI or as per the requirement
• Then click ok

• New dialogue box will appear.

• Select the custom grid spacing and then select the edit grid data
• New dialoge box will appear and enter the X grid data at a distance of 4 meter and Y grid data at 4 meter distance

• click ok

• Then select custom story data and select edit the story data
• Then make story1 as master story and all other storys are similar to 1

 

• Then our building model is generated in the window 

STEP:2

• To provide material properties select define from that select material properties

• New window will appear and from that select add new material

 

• New window will appear now define material type as concrete and grade as M30

New window will appear and from that select add new material

 

• New window will appear now define material type as concrete and grade as M30

 

• Similarly define rebar property 

 

 STEP:3

 

• Go to the define tab ,select section properties and from that select frame properties 

• A new window will appear ,in that select add new property

 

• Then select the rectangular concrete section,rename it as B300*400
• Change the property as M30 and change the size as B300*400

• Similarly add column section properties

 

• Then go to define select section properties from that select slab section

• New window appears 
• Rename it as slab150, modelling type as membrane and change thickness as 150mm

STEP:4

• Draw structural members 
• For that first select the mode as all stories at the right bottom corner

• Then select quick draw columns and change property as C400*400
• Place the columns at every intersections of grids

 

• Then select quick draw columns and change property as C800*800
• Place the columns at every intersections of grids

• Then select quick draw beams/columns
• Change the property as B300*400
• place beam at all grids

• Now we need to change mode as similar stories at the bottom of the window
• Inorder to avoid slab placement in the plinth level
• Select quick draw floor/slab and draw slab sections 

 STEP:5

 

• Click on the define and from that select the load patterns 

• Define the loads like dead load , live load , brick wall load and earthquake load in x direction and eccentric earthquake loads in positive x and negative x and same loads in y direction also mension IS codes of respective loads

• Click on modify lateral load, set range from base to 25th story,change direction and eccentricity ,seismic zone factor as 1 and time period as 0.5 seconds
• Do the same for all the earthquake loads 

• Now go to the mass source from the define tab

• modify the mass source and check the specify load pattern

 

• Add load pattern and assign the model

• Click ok

STEP:6

• Define load cases

• click ok
• Then go to define-->load combination

 

• Click on the add default design combos and select the concrete frame design

• click ok

 STEP:7

• Assign loads 
• To assign loads , select the similar stories at the bottom of window
• Then select the members

• After that go to the assign tab-->shell loads -->uniform

• A new window will appear in that select live load and give value as 3kN/m2
• Click on apply
• Then select all story at the bottom of the window and select all beams by clicking object types-beams under select tab

• After that do to the assign tab-->frame load-->distributed

• Enter the value as 10kN/m2
• first select the slab 
• then go to the assign tab,select shell and click on diaphragm created successfully

• check model the modelled structure is verified without warnings and errors 

• Then go to the analyze tab abd run analysis

• Now click on Display-show tables analysis results structure output modal information-modal period and frequencies 
• The time periods for fundamental mode-ly direction and fundamental mode -1 direction are noted from the table as follows 

MODAL RESPONSE FOR BUILDING A

 BUILDING -B(G+5)

• We will save a copy of building A file 
• Mke the changes needed for building B

STEP:1

• From model A go to the files and click on the save as option 
• And name it as "BUILDING B"
• The model is set for changes as per the requirements of building B 

STEP:2

EDIT STORY DATA

• Go to edit-->story and grid data 

• Click on modify/show data option 

• From there add story and set the height 

• Click ok

STEP:3

Check the model before running analysis

• Now our model is ready so, we need to check for two or three things before running the analysis and noting the model period
• First check is for load assignment
• Need to check for shell loads and frame loads 
• Similarly ,you need to check if the diaphragm has been assigned to a new model or not
• If the diaphragm is not visible,you need to select all the floors and assign the daiphragm like we did for the first model 

CHECK FOR SHELL LOADS

CHECK FOR FRAME LOADS

DIAPHRAGM CHECK

STEP:4

RUN  ANALYSIS

• Then go to the analyze tab abd run analysis

• It will take few seconds and the deflected shape of the building will appear indicating that the analysis has been completed

MODAL RESPONSE FOR BUILDING B

BUILDING C (G+5 with column orientation in X-direction)

• The storey and grid data for the building c will remain same 
• But we need to change the column size and orient the same in x- direction

STEP:1

• From BUILGING B go to the files and click on the save as option 
• And name it as "BUILDING C"
• The model is set for changes as per the requirements of building C

STEP:2

EDIT COLUMN SIZE AND ORIENTATION

• To edit the colum section go to define-->section properties-->frame section

• Select the previously created column
• Click on the modify/show properties option
• Rename the column as C550*300
• Then we need to orient the 550mm in the X-direction
• Select the column section then go to assign-->local axis-->rotate-->90 degree

• All the column shall be oriented in the X-direction 

STEP:3

Check the model before running analysis

• Now our model is ready so, we need to check for two or three things before running the analysis and noting the model period
• First check is for load assignment
• Need to check for shell loads and frame loads 
• Similarly ,you need to check if the diaphragm has been assigned to a new model or not
• If the diaphragm is not visible,you need to select all the floors and assign the daiphragm like we did for the first model 

CHECK FOR SHELL LOADS

CHECK FOR FRAME LOADS

DIAPHRAGM CHECK

STEP:4

RUN  ANALYSIS

• Then go to the analyze tab abd run analysis

• It will take few seconds and the deflected shape of the building will appear indicating that the analysis has been completed

MODAL RESPONSE FOR BUILDING C

 

BUILDING C (G+5 with column orientation in X-direction)

• The storey and grid data for the building c will remain same 
• But we need to change the column size and orient the same in Y- direction

STEP:1

• From BUILGING C go to the files and click on the save as option 
• And name it as "BUILDING D"
• The model is set for changes as per the requirements of building D

STEP:2

Select the column section and bring the orientation back to zero

• Select the column section then go to assign-->local axis-->rotate-->0 degree

STEP:3

Check the model before running analysis

• Now our model is ready so, we need to check for two or three things before running the analysis and noting the model period
• First check is for load assignment
• Need to check for shell loads and frame loads 
• Similarly ,you need to check if the diaphragm has been assigned to a new model or not
• If the diaphragm is not visible,you need to select all the floors and assign the daiphragm like we did for the first model 

CHECK FOR SHELL LOADS

CHECK FOR FRAME LOADS

DIAPHRAGM CHECK

STEP:4

RUN  ANALYSIS

• Then go to the analyze tab abd run analysis

• It will take few seconds and the deflected shape of the building will appear indicating that the analysis has been completed

MODAL RESPONSE FOR BUILDING D

BUILDING E (G+10)

• In this model , we need to add 5 storey to our model,we also need to assign different column sizes to different floors 
• Column sizes for top 5 storeys:400*400
• Column sizes for bottom 5 storeys 600*600

STEP:1

• From BUILDING D go to the files and click on the save as option 
• And name it as "BUILDING E"
• The model is set for changes as per the requirements of building E

STEP:2

EDIT STORY DATA

• Go to edit-->story and grid data 

 

• Click on modify/show data option 

• From there add story and set the height 

• Click ok

STEP:3

Change the view settings of the model 

• Using the view option settings , we can uncheck the structural members that you want to hide from the current modelling purpose 

• From this uncheck beams and floors and click ok

STEP:4

Set the building limit, select columns and assign them 

• Column size is different for top 5 story and bottom 5 story
• So we can go to edit -->set building limits

• Building limit option allows you to view only the floors that ypu need to work 
• Hence, first set the limit to bottom 5-->select all columns --> go to assign and assign them as the required column section

RUN THE ANALYSIS

MODAL RESPONSE FOR BUILDING E

BUILDING F (G+10)

Consistent column size throughout the structure 

STEP:1

• From BUILDING Ego to the files and click on the save as option 
• And name it as "BUILDING F"
• The model is set for changes as per the requirements of building F

STEP:2

Change the view settings of the model 

• Using the view option settings , we can uncheck the structural members that you want to hide from the current modelling purpose 

• From this uncheck beams and floors and click ok

 

• Select all the columns 
• Assign C600*600

 

 

MODAL RESPONSE FOR BUILDING F

BUILDING G (G+25)

For this model , we need to add 15 new stories and assign different column sizes on different floors.We can follow the exact procedure that has already been explained for the previous project to create BUILDING F 

• Column for top 5 stories:C400*400
• Column for middle 10 stories : C600*600
• Column of bottom 10 stories :C800*800 

STEP:1

• From BUILDING F go to the files and click on the save as option 
• And name it as "BUILDING G"
• The model is set for changes as per the requirements of building G

STEP:2

EDIT STORY DATA

• Go to edit-->story and grid data 

 

• Click on modify/show data option 

• From there add story and set the height 

• Click ok

 

 

STEP:3

Change the view settings of the model 

• Using the view option settings , we can uncheck the structural members that you want to hide from the current modelling purpose 

• From this uncheck beams and floors and click ok

STEP:4

Set the building limit, select columns and assign them 

• Column size is different for top 5 story and bottom 5 story
• So we can go to edit -->set building limits

• Building limit option allows you to view only the floors that you need to work 
• Hence, first set the limit ,then select the column and assign the size of the column

• Then go to define -->set building limit-->show all
• run analysis

MODAL RESPONSE FOR BUILDING G

 BUILDING H ( G+25)

This is the same model as the previous one .All we need to do is to change the column size as C800*800

STEP:1

• From BUILDING G go to the files and click on the save as option 
• And name it as "BUILDING H"
• The model is set for changes as per the requirements of building H

STEP:2

Change the view settings of the model 

• Using the view option settings , we can uncheck the structural members that you want to hide from the current modelling purpose 

• From this uncheck beams and floors and click ok

 

 

• Select all the columns and assign C800*800

• Run the analysis

MODAL RESPONSE FOR BUILDING H

BUILDING J(G+25)

Building J is the exact copy of the BUILDING H , no need to alter anything related to the modelling .We need to increase the imposed load on the building by 10% 

STEP:1

• From BUILDING G go to the files and click on the save as option 
• And name it as "BUILDING J"
• The model is set for changes as per the requirements of building J

STEP:2

• Select the slab 150 slab section

• Then go to assign-->shell loads-->uniform-->increase it by 10%

• We need to replace the exsisting imposed load with 3.3KN/m2

RUN THE ANALYSIS 

 

MODAL RESPONSE FOR BUILDING J

BUILDING K(G+25)

Same as BUILDING J instead 10% We need to increase 20% the imposed loads

STEP:1

• From BUILDING G go to the files and click on the save as option 
• And name it as "BUILDING J"
• The model is set for changes as per the requirements of building J

STEP:2

• Select the slab 150 slab section

• Then go to assign-->shell loads-->uniform-->increase it by 20%

• We need to replace the exsisting imposed load with 3.6KN/m2

RUN THE ANALYSIS 

MODAL RESPONSE FOR BUILDING K

PART:2

COMPARITIVE ANALYSIS OF BUILDING PROPERTIES BASED ON THEIR STRUCTURAL OUTPUTS

 

Conclusion: It can be concluded that higher the storey and variying column sizes that is reducing column sizes at top storeys it is more stable and time period is greater than the higher storeys

Conclusion: There is no differences in the time period as the load is uniformly distributed at all floors. Time period varies factor of 0.02s

Conclusion: As the building height increases time period also increases that is time period is directly proportional to building height

Conclusion: For same column sizes deflection is same in both x and y direction . But for variying column sizes the deflection will be higher in x direction for BUILDING D than BUILDING C 

Conclusion: It is almost double in time period if consider the flexural stiffness almost close to zero than regular

Conclusion: Making the axial cross section as 10% the time period increases by 1.5secs

Conclusion: When the column supports are fixed leeser  the time period hence lesser dflecyted as compared to pinned