CALCULATION OF SEISMIC LOAD FOR 2 X 35 MW PEAT FIRED POWER

PLANT PROJECT AT RWANDA, AFRICA AS PER ISO 3010:2012

SPEPC (Shapoorji Pallonji EPC) & the Client has come to an understanding that
International Standards ISO: 3010:2012 Basis for Design of Structures- Seismic
action on Structures will be used for calculation of seismic action on Structures /
Buildings. Accordingly following methodology is proposed for seismic force calculation
and design
The Seismic shear for the structure will be calculated manually by equivalent static
analysis using Clause 8.0 of ISO 3010:2012 & will be applied as static load (joint load) in
the structural STAAD model as follows.

1. Seismic Base shear will be calculated in the two orthogonal directions

( Global X & Z directions in STAAD) for ULS & SLS separately based on
the following equations (Cl.8.0, ISO 3010:2012)
a. ULS-ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE (Cl.8.1a, ISO 3010:2012)

Eq. (1)

Eq. (2)
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b. SLS-SERVICEBILITY LIMIT STATE Cl.8.1 b, ISO 3010:2012)

Eq. (3)

Eq. (4)
i

2. The various seismic parameters defined in the above equations are

considered as below:A. Load Factors related to reliability of Structure E,u & E,s (Annex A 1.2)
The degree of reliability depends upon the importance of the structure.
All structures of plant facilities will be categorized under High degree of
importance as per Annex A.1.2-a. The corresponding load factors for ULS & SLS
as per Table A.1 & A.2 are

E,u = 1.5

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E,s = 1.5
B. Seismic hazard zoning factor kz, (Annex A.2)
As per Annex A.2 of ISO 3010 for highest seismic hazard region in the world
zone factor of unity is to be considered. For Rwanda this factor will be different
and this has to be obtained from the client in particular, applicable for the
proposed site location.
kz = xxxx
C. Representative values of earthquake ground motion intensity k E,u and kE,s
(Annex A.3)
The representative values of earthquake ground motion intensity kE,u and kE,s are
described in terms of the horizontal peak ground acceleration as a ratio to the
acceleration due to gravity. These ground motion intensity are evaluated on a
statistical basis in terms of return period of occurrence with the available
historical data , previous engineering practice & acquired experience.
For ULS kE,u xxxx to be obtained from the client for a return period of 500 years
For SLS kE,s xxxx to be obtained from the client a return period of 20 years

D. Structural Factor kD (Annex B)

Structural factor kD is used to reduce the design seismic force or the shear force
taking into the account of the ductility, acceptable deformation, restoring force
characteristics and over strength of the structure.
Structural Factor kD
0.33

0.5

Structural System
Lateral resistance is provided by steel or reinforced
concrete moment-resisting frames with adequate
connection details and ductility of structural element
Lateral resistance is provided by steel braced frames or
concrete shear walls

E. Normalized design Response Spectrum kR (Annex C)

This factor kR is the ordinate of the normalized design response spectrum
provided as function of fundamental natural time period of the structure
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considering the effect of soil condition based on the soil investigation report &
damping property of the structure.

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F. Fundamental Natural Time Period T

The fundamental natural time period T, will be calculated as per
Cl. 4.3.3.2.2 of BS EN 1998 (Eurocode-8)
T = Ct . H 3/4
Ct = 0.085 for moment resisting concrete frames
= 0.075 for moment resisting steel frames & eccentrically braced frames
=0.050 for all other structures
H , height of building from foundation or from top of rigid foundation up to 40 m
Alternatively
T = 2. d
d , is the lateral elastic displacement of the top of the building in m due to the
application of gravity load in horizontal direction (arrived from the STAAD model).

G. Seismic Force Distribution factor kf,I & Seismic shear distribution factor kV,i
(Annex D)

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This factor will be calculated based on the geometry of the individual structure
following the stipulations.
a) Calculation of Force, FG,i
For Buildings / Structures: The gravity load and the vertical imposed load (0.3 times
the total imposed load) of the structure at particular level is arrived by considering
pinned joint supports at each beam column joint location at that particular level in a
separate STAAD model file .
For Equipment foundations: The self-weight of the equipment provided from the
vendor data will be taken directly for computation of the force.

b) Computation of Height, hi
For Buildings / Structures: The height, hi at ith level is calculated from the base of the
structure to that particular level.
For Equipment foundations: The height, hi for equipment corresponds to the CG of
the equipment. The CG is be specified by the vendor or will be taken at 0.5 times
height of the equipment.

c)

Seismic Force Distribution factor kf,i & Seismic Shear distribution factor kv,i
The seismic force distribution factor kf,i can be determined by

The seismic shear distribution factor kv,i can be determined by

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3. Seismic force / shear thus calculated is distributed to individual storey as joint

loads in STAAD model as equivalent static load.

4. Seismic Action in the three mutually perpendicular axis (X, Y, Z) will be

considered in the appropriate load combinations in STAAD file for analysis
& design in ULS (Refer Eq. (1 or 2)) & SLS (Refer Eq. (3 or 4))
conditions as per Annex-E of ISO 3010:2012.
1) E = Ex +Ey +Ez
E = Ex + Ey +Ez
E = Ex + Ey +Ez
The value of is taken as 0.4.

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2) Vertical component Ey is calculated considering vertical peak ground
acceleration as 0.5 times the horizontal peak ground acceleration.

5. The design of steel and concrete structures will be carried out using EN
(European) codes in Limit state method (LSM)

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