SEISMIC LOAD CALCULATION

Structures and portions thereof shall, as a minimum, be designed and constructed to resist the
effects of seismic ground motions.
In this design project, Method 2 was used in determining the seismic design load applied in the
structure. In this method, earthquake which in actual is a dynamic load is translated as a static
load but with magnified magnitude.

I. Finding the Importance Factor (I)

II. Identifying Seismic Zone Factor (Z)

Zone 2 covers the provinces of Palawan (Busuanga), Sulu and Tawi-Tawi while the rest of the
country is under Zone 4, as stated in NSCP 2015 208.4.4.1.
III. Determining Ductility Capacity Coefficient (R)

IV. Determining Seismic Source Type

Seismic Source Type is categorized by the activities of the fault, assume that the nearest seismic
source of your location is an active fault (Seismic Source Type A).

*Buildings that are less than 10 km from the fault are vulnerable to earthquake damage.
V. Determining the Near Source Factors, and

By using the application, Tremors, which gives the distance from one location to the nearest
West Valley Fault, it was found out that the closest distance to known seismic source from
Tagaytay Southridge Estates is 8.29 km.
It was stated on the footnote of Tables 208.5 and 208.6 of NSCP 2015 that The Near-Source
Factor may be based on the linear interpolation of values for distances other than those shown
in the table.
Solving for by interpolating:
(8.29 ) (5 ) (10 ) (8.29 )
=
8.29 5 10 8.29
(8.29 ) 1.2 1 (8.29 )
=
8.29 5 10 8.29
(8.29 ) = 1.0684

Solving for by interpolating:

(10 ) (8.29 ) (8.29 ) (5 )
=
10 8.29 8.29 5
1.2 (8.29 ) (8.29 ) 1.6
=
10 8.29 8.29 5
(8.29 ) = 1.3368

VI. Identifying Soil Profile Type

Identifying the soil profile type as described in Table 208-2 requires soil profile investigation
at the actual site. For this project, we were told to use soil profile Type Sc (Very dense soil and
Soft Rock).

VII. Determining the seismic coefficients and

Solving for :
= 0.4
= 0.4(1.0684)
= 0.42736
Solving for :
= 0.56
= 0.56(1.3368)
= 0.749616

VIII. Computing for the value of T, elastic fundamental vibration of the structure in
the direction under consideration
3
= ( )4
= value dependent on the material of the structure
= total height of the building above the ground

3
= (0.0731)(8)4
= 0.347724

IX. Computing for Total Seismic Dead Load Design (W)

= +
where: =
1 =
2 =

1 = + + +
1 = 86.022 + 398.4624 + 647.8544 + (491.832 + 296.888)
1 = 1921.0588

2 =
2 = 581.12
 = 1921.0588 + 581.12
= 2502.1788

X. Computing for the Design Base Shear (V)

The total design lateral force or shear force experienced at the base of a structure, is
calculated as:

=

(0.749616)(1.00)
= (2502.1788)
(3.5)(0.347724)
= 1541.1832

But shall not exceed the value:

2.5
=

2.5(0.42736)(1.00)
= (2502.1788)
3.5
= 763.8080

And shall not be less than the value of:

= 0.11
= 0.11(0.42736)(1.00)(2502.1788)
= 117.6264

In addition, for Seismic Zone 4, the total base shear shall also not be less than:
0.8
=

0.8(0.4)(1.3368)(1.00)
= (2502.1788)
3.5
= 305.8206

Therefore, the value of the design base shear is = 763.8080

XI. Distributing the computed Design Base Shear
By using the distribution factor:

=

where is the seismic design load for each floor and is the height of each floor with
reference to the ground

For second floor:

(1921.0588)(3.4)(763.8080)
1 =
2502.1788(8)
1 = 249.2272

For roof:
(582.12)(6.4)(763.8080)
2 =
2502.1788(8)
2 = 141.9128

The effective Shear caused by the Total Base Shear distributed at each floor shall be applied
as a concentrated load for each floor:

141.91 kN

249.23 kN