MAXIMUM CONSIDERED EARTHQUKE CALCUATION

Mean return period, PR, at the desired exceedance probability

43.429 Years
where PEY is the probability of exceedance (expressed as a decimal)

0.9
100 Years

and time Y ( in years) for the desired earthquake hazard level.

Probabilities of Exceedance Between 2%/50 Years and 10%/50 Years. For probabilities of exceedance,
PEY, between 2%/50 years & 10%/50 years, when the mapped BSE-2, short-period response acceleration
parameter, SS, is less than 1.5g, the modified mapped short-period response acceleration parameter, S s
Ss1.5 g

Ss=

1.228 g for 10%/50 years Maximum Design Earthquake

and modified mapped response acceleration parameter at a one-second period, S 1, shall be determined
from Equation
1n(Si) = 1n(Si10/50) + [1n(SiBSE-2) 1n(Si10/50)]
S1= 1n(Si10/50) +[0.606 1n(PR) 3.73]

-2.156 g for 10%/50 years MCE

Where
ln(Si) = Natural logarithm of the spectral acceleration parameter (i = s for
short-period or i = 1 for 1 second period) at the desired probability of exceedance
1n(Si10/50) = Natural logarithm of the spectral acceleration parameter (i = s for
short-period or i = 1 for 1 second period) at a 10%/50 year exceedance rate
1n(SiBSE-2) = Natural logarithm of the spectral acceleration parameter (i = s for
short-period or i = 1 for 1 second period) for the BSE-2 hazard level
1n(PR) = Natural logarithm of the mean return period corresponding to the
exceedance probability of the desired earthquake hazard level
When the mapped BSE-2 short-period response acceleration parameter, S S, is greater than or equal to
1.5g, the modified mapped short-period response acceleration parameter, S S, and modified mapped
response acceleration parameter at a one-second period, S 1, for probabilities of exceedance between 2%/50
years and 10%/50 years shall be determined from Equation
S110/50=
0.491 g for 10%/50 years Mapped Earthquake
Ss=

1.5 g for 10%/50 years Design Ground acceleration

S1=

0.245 g for 10%/50 years Design Ground acceleration

where Si, Si10/50 and PR are as defined above and n shall be obtained from Table
Table Values of Exponent n for Determination of Response Acceleration Parameters at
Earthquake Hazard Levels between 10%/50 years and 2%/50 years; Sites where Mapped BSE-2 Values
of SS 1.5g
Values of Exponent n for Region
Ss
California
Pacific Northwest
Intermountain
Central US

0.29
0.56
0.5
0.98

S1
0.29
0.67
0.6
1.09

Eastern US

0.93

1.05

Masonry Infills In-Plane

Finite element programs such as FEM 1 may be useful in analyzing masonry infills with openings.
The elastic in-plane stiffness of a solid unreinforced masonry infill panel prior to cracking shall be
represented with an equivalent diagonal compression strut of width, a, given by following
Equation. The equivalent strut shall have the same thickness and modulus of elasticity as the
infill panel it represents.
22.470 inch
0.571
where:
0.0293
1= Coefficient used to determine equivalent width of infill strut
hcol = Column height between centerlines of beams, inch =

114

hinf = Height of infill panel, inch =

102

fck = New Concrete Grade

Efe = Expected modulus of elasticity of Concrete,M20, ksi

3243.142

fme = Allowable Compressibe strength of Brick masonry

Eme = Expected modulus of elasticity of infill brick wall, ksi=550fme
bcol = width of infill wall

957.249
9.055

dcol = depth of infill wall

22.480

Icol = Moment of inertia of column, inch .

4

8572.74781

Linf = Length of infill panel, inch

174.000

rinf = Diagonal length of infill panel, inch

208.019

tinf = Thickness of infill panel and equivalent strut, inch

9.055

= Angle whose tangent is the infill height to length aspect ratio, radians
For noncomposite infill panels, only the wythes in full contact with the frame elements shall be
considered when computing in-plane stiffness unless positive anchorage capable of transmitting
in-plane forces from frame members to all masonry wythes is provided on all sides of the walls.
Stiffness of cracked unreinforced masonry infill panels shall be represented with equivalent struts;
the strut properties shall be determined from analyses that consider the nonlinear behavior of the
infilled frame system after the masonry is cracked.
The equivalent compression strut analogy shall be used to represent the elastic stiffness of a
perforated unreinforced masonry infill panel; the equivalent strut properties shall be determined
from stress analyses of infill walls with representative opening patterns.
Stiffnesses for existing and new infills shall be assumed to be the same

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Along
Grid
A-A
A-A
A-A
A-A
1-1
1-1

Location
of wall
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
A-B
B-C

Length
of wall
4.115
4.115
2.057
3.988
4.496
4.420

Breadth
of wallbracing
0.230
0.230
0.230
0.230
0.230
0.230

Depth of
bracing
0.530
0.530
0.847
0.514
0.581
0.571

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Adopted
Depth
0.550
0.550
0.850
0.520
0.580
0.580

Unit
Weight
KN/m3
20.000
20.000
20.000
20.000
20.000
20.000

infills with openings.

r to cracking shall be
n by following
f elasticity as the
m

OK

2.8956 m
2.591 m
20 N/mm2
22360680 KN/m2
12000 KN/m2
6600000 KN/m2
0.230 m
0.571 m
0.00356825 m4
4.420 m
5.284 m
0.23 m
0.653 radians

elements shall be
pable of transmitting
l sides of the walls.

with equivalent struts;

linear behavior of the

stic stiffness of a
shall be determined

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Coeff of
Shear
Poisson Thermal
E, N/mm2
Modulus,
Ratio Expansio
N/mm2
n
2200.000
2200.000
2200.000
2200.000
2200.000
2200.000

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2

8.10E-06
8.10E-06
8.10E-06
8.10E-06
8.10E-06
8.10E-06

916.670
916.670
916.670
916.670
916.670
916.670

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