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Torsional Irregularity in Etabs

The document provides instructions for checking and addressing torsional irregularity in ETABS models. It outlines the following steps: 1) Include 5% eccentricity in 4 load cases with eccentricities in the X and Y directions. 2) Check if torsional irregularity exists and if so, increase the eccentricity values up to a maximum of 3 times the original 5% values. 3) To calculate the amplification factor, export story displacements from ETABS and calculate the ratio of maximum to average displacements to identify stories where torsion needs to be amplified.

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Torsional Irregularity in Etabs

The document provides instructions for checking and addressing torsional irregularity in ETABS models. It outlines the following steps: 1) Include 5% eccentricity in 4 load cases with eccentricities in the X and Y directions. 2) Check if torsional irregularity exists and if so, increase the eccentricity values up to a maximum of 3 times the original 5% values. 3) To calculate the amplification factor, export story displacements from ETABS and calculate the ratio of maximum to average displacements to identify stories where torsion needs to be amplified.

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Warning: Check meshing, At GROUND area F5241 ( 1.

5% Reduction)

Warning: Line load L93 from (6.172 33.909) to (9.296 33.909) At GROUND is not transferred.

Warning: Line load transfer, Check GROUND, L93. Total loss = 45.594262 KN. For load case SDEAD.

Torsional irregularity in etabs

Step 1: Include 5% eccentricity in X and Y cases (X+Eccen Y, X-Eccen Y, Y+Eccen X, Y-Eccen X). Total 4
cases.

Step 2: Check if torsional irregularity exists. If yes then increase 5% values to the amplified values (7%, 8%
whatever, There is upper limit too in the code).

This increase of eccentricity would be different for each floor plate and can be manually entered into ETABS by
using "override diaphragm eccentricities" option.

You should do this for all the 4 cases.

Now after doing this, if you torsional irregularity still exists, you don't need to further iterate. Only one time
increase is sufficient.

See the code e.g. UBC-97 to calculate amplification factor Ax. Max Ax = 3.0. This Ax you will multiply by 5%
(0.05) and input in response spectrum cases/static earthquake cases.

To calculate Ax, you need maximum and average story displacements at CM. You can export this data from
ETABS Tables to EXCEL for static earthquake cases (Don't use spectrum cases for this).

Once in EXCEL, you will see column named 'Ratio'. This will be Max/Avg displacement. Sort this out to find
values more than 1.2. These are the locations you need to amplify torsion.

After checking which stories you need to amplify torsion in, use the amplified torsion value for e in response
spectra cases.

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