Hello Experts,
I am not well versed with the dynamic analysis, since we could not perform linear static analysis for seismic load application as per Eurocode, Someone please guide me how to apply the response spectrum properly as per Eurocode.
I tried with the example EC8 frame from STAAD installation folder and did like that. Getting some of the following warnings.
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***WARNING: NO RIGID FLOOR DIAPHRAGM EXISTS FOR THE STRUCTURE. RESULTS ON EARTHQUAKE MODE IN USER-INTERFACE MAY BE APPROXIMATE.
*** Note: ALL MASS RELATED WARNINGS, IF ANY, WILL BE WRITTEN IN _MASSEURO.TXT FILE.
** WARNING : NO MASS IS DEFINED AT LEVEL 12.00 MET . OUTPUT RESULT MAY BE ERRONEOUS.
** WARNING : NO MASS IS DEFINED AT LEVEL 23.70 MET . OUTPUT RESULT MAY BE ERRONEOUS.
** WARNING : NO MASS IS DEFINED AT LEVEL 33.43 MET . OUTPUT RESULT MAY BE ERRONEOUS.
** WARNING : NO MASS IS DEFINED AT LEVEL 34.56 MET . OUTPUT RESULT MAY BE ERRONEOUS.
I was in a confusion that, whether I can neglect these warnings or how to get rid of them. It will be helpful if some Experts throw some light into this topic.
And for your reference, this is my input.
CUT OFF MODE SHAPE 50LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE SEISMIC XJOINT LOAD1 FX 5.385 FX 6.5418 FX 59.6522 FX 55.8435 FX 59.639 FX 54.252 FX 5.5856 FX 8.2769 FX 12.4473 FX 12.4486 FX 12.4290 FX 12.42103 FX 14.02107 FX 14.03120 FX 12.44124 FX 12.44137 FX 12.33141 FX 12.33163 FX 23.53164 FX 24.16165 FX 24.16166 FX 23.532 FX 220.984 FX 215.7119 FX 313.1121 FX 304.2336 FX 301.6138 FX 294.2353 FX 210.4155 FX 206.7270 FX 208.6672 FX 208.6587 FX 274.6989 FX 274.68104 FX 264.62106 FX 265.24121 FX 208.58123 FX 209.22138 FX 207.51140 FX 207.51**1 FY 5.385 FY 6.5418 FY 59.6522 FY 55.8435 FY 59.639 FY 54.252 FY 5.5856 FY 8.2769 FY 12.4473 FY 12.4486 FY 12.4290 FY 12.42103 FY 14.02107 FY 14.03120 FY 12.44124 FY 12.44137 FY 12.33141 FY 12.33163 FY 23.53164 FY 24.16165 FY 24.16166 FY 23.532 FY 220.984 FY 215.7119 FY 313.1121 FY 304.2336 FY 301.6138 FY 294.2353 FY 210.4155 FY 206.7270 FY 208.6672 FY 208.6587 FY 274.6989 FY 274.68104 FY 264.62106 FY 265.24121 FY 208.58123 FY 209.22138 FY 207.51140 FY 207.51**1 FZ 5.385 FZ 6.5418 FZ 59.6522 FZ 55.8435 FZ 59.639 FZ 54.252 FZ 5.5856 FZ 8.2769 FZ 12.4473 FZ 12.4486 FZ 12.4290 FZ 12.42103 FZ 14.02107 FZ 14.03120 FZ 12.44124 FZ 12.44137 FZ 12.33141 FZ 12.33163 FZ 23.53164 FZ 24.16165 FZ 24.16166 FZ 23.532 FZ 220.984 FZ 215.7119 FZ 313.1121 FZ 304.2336 FZ 301.6138 FZ 294.2353 FZ 210.4155 FZ 206.7270 FZ 208.6672 FZ 208.6587 FZ 274.6989 FZ 274.68104 FZ 264.62106 FZ 265.24121 FZ 208.58123 FZ 209.22138 FZ 207.51140 FZ 207.51SPECTRUM CQC EURO 2004 ELASTIC RS1 X 1 ACC DAMP 0.05 LIN DOMINANT 1SOIL TYPE D ALPHA 0.12 Q 1.5********************LOAD 2 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE SEISMIC YSPECTRUM CQC EURO 2004 ELASTIC RS1 Y 1 ACC DAMP 0.05 LINSOIL TYPE D ALPHA 0.12 Q 1.5********************LOAD 3 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE SEISMIC ZSPECTRUM CQC EURO 2004 ELASTIC RS1 Z 1 ACC DAMP 0.05 LINSOIL TYPE D ALPHA 0.12 Q 1.5*****PERFORM ANALYSISCHANGE
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Thanks in advance.