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EXAMPLE 1-020
FRAME - RESPONSE SPECTRUM ANALYSIS OF A TWO-DIMENSIONAL RIGID FRAME
EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION
A single-bay, two-story, two-dimensional, reinforced concrete frame is analyzed
in this example. The applied loading is a response spectrum using 5% modal
damping. The SRSS modal combination technique is used. The building periods,
lateral displacements and bending moments in the columns and beams are
compared with the independent results presented in Chopra 1995.
Important Note: The analysis in Chopra uses logarithmic linear interpolation,
whereas SAP2000 uses algebraic linear interpolation. Consequently, in the
SAP2000 model the values of ground acceleration corresponding to the time
periods of the structure are explicitly provided.
Important Note: Only bending deformations are considered in the analysis.
Shear and axial deformations are ignored. In SAP2000 this is achieved by setting
the property modification factor for area to 100,000 and setting the property
modification factor for shear area to 0.
Important Note: Only the Ux, Uz and Ry degrees of freedom are active in the
SAP2000 model. The building mass is only active in the X-direction; that is,
vertical excitation and out-of-plane excitation of the mass are not considered.
GEOMETRY, PROPERTIES AND LOADING

2EI

6
4

2EI
5 2m 7

2EI
6

5
3

240"

EI

m 8

2
120"

EI
8

2EI

EI

120"

EI
7

Properties
E =3,000 k/in2
I = 1,000 in4
Concentrated Masses
2m at joint 7
m at joint 8
m = 0.5182 kip-sec2/in

5% Damped
Response Spectrum Function
Period (sec)
0
0.03
0.125
0.5868
0.66
1.562
4.12
10

Accel (g)
0.5
0.5
1.355
1.355
1.355
0.576
0.218
0.037

Fixed Base Frame

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TECHNICAL FEATURES OF SAP2000 TESTED

Modal analysis of frame for eigenvalues and time periods
Response spectrum analysis
Joint masses
RESULTS COMPARISON
See example 13.11 on page 521 of Chopra 1995 for the independent results.

Time Periods
Output Parameter

SAP2000

Independent

Percent
Difference

Mode 1 period (sec)

1.562

1.562

0%

Mode 2 period (sec)

0.5868

0.5868

0%

Displacements for Response Spectrum

Output Parameter

SAP2000

Independent

Percent
Difference

Ux (jt. 2) in

7.576

7.566

+0.1%

Ux (jt. 3) in

18.84

18.81

+0.2%

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Bending Moments (M33) k-in

Elm.

Joint
1

1
2
2
2

Location
First story
column
Second story
column

SAP2000

Independent

Percent
Difference

12,636

12,624

+0.1%

6,793

6,792

0%

6,023

6,024

0%

5,222

5,220

0%

First story
beam

9,810

9,792

+0.2%

First story
beam

9,810

9,792

+0.2%

Second story
beam

5,222

5,220

0%

Second story
beam

5,222

5,220

0%

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CONCLUSION
The SAP2000 results show acceptable comparison with the independent results.

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