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CIVL426 Reinforced Concrete II

Assignment no. 1 Year 2011/2012

Q1. Consider a ten-storey building with its location (in Macau Region) and the wind
direction (from the west) as shown in Fig.Q1. Assume all the four facades with equal
permeability. According to Macau Wind Code 2008, determine:
a) the wind pressures acting on the windward face and leeward face respectively;
b) the equivalent overall wind pressures in the wind direction;
c) the equivalent single wind load, resulting from Part b), acting on each storey;
d) the wind pressure acting on the sidewalls;
e) whether friction forces on walls and roof surfaces should be considered, and the
magnitudes of these friction forces if any.





































Z =18m
Wind
35m 8m

Profile View
Fig. Q1
Wind
Elevation
R/C
Roof
1
st
. Fl.
4m
9 @3.5 m
A A

Wind
9

m

12 m
Section A-A
E
N
2
Q2. Redo the analysis for Question Q1, by assuming that the wind is from the east
(opposite to that shown in Fig. Q1).

Q3. For the building shown in Fig. Q1, determine the horizontal seismic forces along
the North-South direction for collapse prevention (ultimate limit state). The following
assumptions are made:
Permanent load (including self weights, finishes, partitions and services ) on each
floor or roof is 8
2
/ m kN , and imposed load on each floor or roof is 3
2
/ m kN .
A reinforced concrete frame structure with ordinary importance [Refer to Table
IV.1 and Appendix B in LECM (2008)].
Behavior factor q =3.0, and the damping ratio =0.05.
The soil profile consists of: one layer (10-meter thick) of gravel, one layer (10-
meter thick) of clay, and then rock layer. The corresponding shear-wave velocities
s
v are given in Fig. Q3.














Q4. What are the (a) similarity and (b) major difference between Eurocode 1 (Actions)
and Macao code for loadings (LECM 1998a)?

Q5. What are the (a) similarity and (b) major difference between Eurocode 2 and
Macao code for structural concrete design (LECM 1998b), in term of material
modeling?


References
1. LECM (2008), Regulamento de Segurana e Aces em Estruturas de Edifcios e
Pontes (RSAEEP) Wind and Seismic Action Revision (Consultation Document),
LECM, Macau.
2. LECM (1998a), Regulamento de Segurana e Aces em Estruturas de Edifcios e
Pontes (RSAEEP), Imprensa Oficial de Macau, Macau.
3. LECM (1998b), Regulamento de Estruturas de Beto Armado e Pr-esforado
(REBAP)/ Norma de Cimentos (NC)/ Norma de Aos para Armaduras Ordinrias
(NAAO), Imprensa Oficial de Macau, Macau.


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Fig. Q3
s
v =350 m/s Gravel
Clay
Rock
s
v =300 m/s
10 m
10 m
s
v =600 m/s