SEISMIC DESIGN BASE SHEAR Table 208-5 - Near-Source Factor, 𝑵𝒂

Table 208-1 - Seismic Importance Factors Closest Distance To Known

Seismic Seismic Source
Seismic Seismic
Occupancy Importance Importance
Source
Category Type ≤ 2 km ≤ 5 km ≥ 10 km
Factor, 𝑰 Factor, 𝑰𝒑
I. Essential
1.50 1.50 A 1.5 1.2 1.0
Facilities

II. Hazardous B 1.3 1.0 1.0

1.25 1.50
Facilities
C 1.0 1.0 1.0
III. Special
Occupancy 1.00 1.00
Structures Table 208-6 - Near-Source Factor, 𝑵𝒗
IV. Standard Closest Distance To Known
Occupancy 1.00 1.00 Seismic Seismic Source
Structures Source
≤ 2 km 5 km 10 km ≥ 15
V. Miscellaneous Type
1.00 1.00 km
Structures
A 2.0 1.6 1.2 1.0
Table 208-2 - Soil Profile Types B 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.0
Soil Soil Profile Average Soil Properties for Top 30
C 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Profile Name / m of Soil Profile
Type Generic
Description Shear SPT, N Undrained
Wave (blows/300 Shear Table 208-7 - Seismic Coefficient, 𝑪𝒂
Velocity, mm) Strength,
𝑽𝒔 (𝒎/𝒔) 𝑺𝒖 (𝒌𝑷𝒂) Soil Profile Seismic Zone Z
Type 𝒁 = 0.2 𝒁 = 0.4
𝑺𝑨 Hard Rock >1500

𝑺𝑩 Rock 760 to 𝑺𝑨 0.16 0.32𝑁𝑎

1500
𝑺𝑩 0.20 0.40𝑁𝑎
𝑺𝑪 Very Dense 360 to 760 >50 >100
Soil and 𝑺𝑪 0.24 0.40𝑁𝑎
Soft Rock
𝑺𝑫 0.28 0.44𝑁𝑎
𝑺𝑫 Stiff Soil 180 to 360 15 to 50 50 to 100
Profile 𝑺𝑬 0.34 0.44𝑁𝑎
𝑺𝑬 Soft Soil <180 <15 <50 𝑺𝑭 See Footnote 1 of Table 208-8
Profile

𝑺𝑭 Soil Requiring Site-specific Evaluation

See Section [Link] Table 208-8 - Seismic Coefficient, 𝑪𝒗

Soil Profile Seismic Zone Z

Table 208-4 - Seismic Source Types
Type 𝒁 = 0.2 𝒁 = 0.4
Seismic Seismic Source Seismic Source
Source Type Description Definition
𝑺𝑨 0.16 0.32𝑁𝑣
(Maximum Moment
Magnitude, M) 𝑺𝑩 0.20 0.40𝑁𝑣

Faults capable of 𝑺𝑪 0.32 0.56𝑁𝑣

producing large
A magnitude events 7.0 ≤ M ≤ 8.4 𝑺𝑫 0.40 0.64𝑁𝑣
with a high rate of
seismic activity. 𝑺𝑬 0.64 0.96𝑁𝑣

All faults other than 𝑺𝑭 See Footnote 1 of Table 208-8

B 6.5 ≤ M < 7.0
Types A and C.

Faults not capable of

producing large
C magnitude M < 6.5
earthquakes and with
low seismic activity.

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 SEISMIC DESIGN BASE SHEAR [Link] Vertical Distribution of Force
FORMULAS The total force shall be distributed over the height of
the structure in conformance with Equations 208-15,
[Link] Design Base Shear 208-16, and 208-17 in the absence of a more rigorous
The total design base shear in a given direction shall be procedure.
determined from the following equation: 𝒏
𝑪𝒗 𝑰 𝑽 = 𝑭𝒕 + ∑ 𝑭𝒊 (208-15)
𝑽= 𝑾 (208-8)
𝑹𝑻 𝒊=𝟏

The total design base shear need not exceed the following: The concentrated force 𝑭𝒕 at the top, which is in
𝟐. 𝟓𝑪𝒂 𝑰 addition to 𝑭𝒏, shall be determined from the equation:
𝑽= 𝑾 (208-9)
𝑹 𝑭𝒕 = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟕𝑻𝑽 (208-16)
The total design base shear shall not be less than the
following: The value of 𝑻 used for the purpose of calculating 𝑭𝒕
shall be the period that corresponds with the design
𝑽 = 𝟎. 𝟏𝟏𝑪𝒂 𝑰𝑾 (208-10) base shear as computed using Equation 208-4. 𝐹𝑡 need
not exceed 0.25V and may be considered as zero
In addition, for Seismic Zone 4, the total base shear shall
also not be less than the following:
where 𝑻 is 0.7 s or less. The remaining portion of the
base shear shall be distributed over the height of the
𝟎. 𝟖𝒁𝑵𝒗 𝑰 (208-11) structure, including Level 𝒏 , according to the
𝑽= 𝑾
𝑹 following equation:
(𝑽 − 𝑭𝒕 )𝒘𝒙 𝒉𝒙
[Link] Structure Period 𝑭𝒙 = (208-17)
∑𝒏𝒊=𝟏 𝒘𝒊 𝒉𝒊
For all buildings, the value 𝑻 may be approximated from
the following equation: At each level designated as 𝒙, the force 𝑭𝒙 shall be
𝑻 = 𝑪𝒕 (𝒉𝒏 )𝟑/𝟒 (208-12) applied over the area of the building in accordance
with the mass distribution at that level. Structural
𝑪𝒕 = 0.0853 for steel moment resisting frames displacements and design seismic forces shall be
𝑪𝒕 = 0.0731 for reinforced concrete moment calculated as the effect of forces 𝑭𝒙 and 𝑭𝒕 applied at
resisting frames and eccentrically braced the appropriate levels above the base.
frames
𝑪𝒕 = 0.0488 for all other buildings

[Link] Vertical Distribution

[Link] Simplified Design Base Shear (Simplified Design Base Shear)
The total design base shear in a given direction shall be
The forces at each level shall be calculated using the
determined from the following equation:
following equation:
𝟑𝑪𝒂
𝑽= 𝑾 (208-5) 𝟑𝑪𝒂
𝑹 𝑭𝒙 = 𝒘 (208-6)
𝑹 𝒊
where the value of 𝐶𝑎 shall be based on Table 208-7 for the
soil profile type. When the soil properties are not known in
sufficient detail to determine the soil profile type, Type 𝑺𝑫 where the value of 𝑪𝒂 shall be determined as in
shall be used in Seismic Zone 4, and Type 𝑺𝑬 shall be used Section [Link].
in Seismic Zone 2. In Seismic Zone 4, the Near-Source
Factor, 𝑵𝒂 , need not be greater than 1.2 if none of the
following structural irregularities are present:
1. Type 1, 4 or 5 of Table 208-9, or
2. Type 1 or 4 of Table 208-10.

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