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Title

Eigenvalue and static analysis of a 5- level pyramid building under lateral loads.

Description

Perform the eigenvalue analysis of a pyramid building. Calculate the natural frequencies
and the displacements of each floor due to static lateral loads.

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Stuctural analysis model

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Plan dimensions of each floor

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Model

Analysis Type
3-D static and eigenvalue analysis

Unit System
in, kip

Dimension
Length 70 × 12 in Width 70 × 12 in Height 5 × 12.125 × 12 in
Floor load W = 100 psf
Floor mass M = 1.7972 × 10-6 kips∙sec2/in
Nodes 42 ~ 45 are the master nodes for the 4th ~ 1st levels in a decending order
respectively.
Gravitational acceleration g = 386.4 in/ sec2
Mass and rotational mass moment of inertia at each floor.

Floor Master node Mass, MX=MY Rotational mass moment of inertia, Im

Element
Beam element

Material
Modulus of elasticity E = 29500 ksi
Poisson’s ratio ν = 0.3

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Section Property
Horizontal beams Area A = 13.5 in2
Effective Shear Area Asy = 6.5016 in2
Asz = 6.1105 in2
Torsional stiffness Ixx = 1.22 in4
Moment of inertia Iyy = 712.0 in4 (Strong axis)
Izz = 22.5 in4 (Weak axis)
Diagonals Area A = 11.7 in2
Effective Shear Area Asy = 2.97 in2
Asz = 7.532 in2
Torsional stiffness Ixx = 1.12 in4
Moment of inertia Iyy = 146.0 in4 (Strong axis)
Izz = 49.1 in4 (Weak axis)

Boundary Condition
Nodes 6 ~ 41 (at an increment of 5 ) ; Constrain all DOFs.
Nodes 42 ~ 45 ; Constrain Dx, Dy and Rz of all nodes at each
level to these nodes. (Master nodes)

Analysis Case
Floor masses are assigned to the master nodes in the directions of X and Y-axes.
Rotational mass moment of inertia about Z- axis, Im = M × (b2+h2)/12 is assigned to
each master node..
Load Case 1 ; A lateral load, 20 kips is applied to the master nodes at each floor in
the X direction.
Load Case 2 ; A lateral load, 20 kips is applied to the master nodes at each floor in
the direction 45 degrees counterclockwise from the X-axis.
Number of natural frequencies to be computed = 9

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Results

Eigenvalue Analysis Results

Displacements

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Vibration modes of the structure

X-displacements of the structure (Node 1)

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Comparison of Results

Natural Periods

Unit : sec
Natural period
Mode
ETABS MIDAS/Civil
st
1 0.12098 0.12098
nd
2 0.12098 0.12098
rd
3 0.06309 0.06309
th
4 0.06309 0.06309
5th 0.06099 0.06099
th
6 0.03976 0.03976
th
7 0.03976 0.03976
th
8 0.02963 0.02963
th
9 0.02388 0.02388

Displacements at each level

Unit : in
Displacement
Load Case Level ETABS MIDAS/ Civil
δX δY δX δY
st
1 1 0.01503 0.01503
nd
2 0.02795 0.02795
rd
3 0.04048 0.04048
th
4 0.05481 0.05481
th
5 0.07117 0.07117
st
2 1 0.01063 0.01063 0.01063 0.01063
nd
2 0.01976 0.01976 0.01976 0.01976
rd
3 0.02862 0.02862 0.02862 0.02862
th
4 0.03876 0.03876 0.03876 0.03876
th
5 0.05033 0.05033 0.05033 0.05033

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Reference

“ETABS, Examples Manual”, Version 6.0 Computers and Structures, Inc., Berkeley,
California, 1994, Example 18.