NSCP Seismic Provisions and STAAD Seismic Design Loads
NSCP Seismic Provisions and STAAD Seismic Design Loads
NSCP Seismic Provisions and STAAD Seismic Design Loads
• Structures and portions thereof shall, as a minimum, be designed and constructed to resist the
effects of seismic ground motions.
• The Code details the Lateral Force Procedure as a method of seismic analysis. Other alternative
procedures may be used such as Seismic Isolation.
VERTICAL IRREGULARITY
• Among those included in this category are soft storey, variation in storey stiffness and
strength, short columns, weak column-strong beam, and vertical setback
• Soft storey failure
• Short column effect
• Pounding failure can be avoided by providing sufficient seismic gap between structures
HORIZONTAL IRREGULARITY
• Among those included in this category are framing with re-entrant corners, variation in storey
stiffness and strength, and non-parallel systems
Response Spectrum Analysis – utilizes the peak dynamic response of all modes having a significant
contribution total structural response (NSCP, 2015)
Time History Analysis – analysis of a dynamic response of a structure at each increment of time
when the base is subjected to a specific ground motion time history (NSCP, 2015)
SAMPLE APPLICATION OF EARTHQUAKE LOAD IN STAAD.Pro