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2023-12-29

NBC 2020 Design Elastic Base Shear, Ve, Factor

Additional factor to be applied to the design elastic base shear, Ve, according to NBC 2020
Max (2 S(0.2)3 S(Ta) ≤ 1.0 , S(0.5)S(Ta) ≤ 1.0 )
S(0.2) Design spectral response acceleration for a period of T = 0.2 sec
S(0.5) Design spectral response acceleration for a period of T = 0.5 sec
S(Ta) Design spectral response acceleration for the fundamental lateral period of vibration of the structure in the direction under consideration