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TudorMarin1-Visitor
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September 19, 2013
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Building Structural Design - Seism Loads Using ASCE Standard 7-93

Chapter 9: Wind and Seismic Loads on Buildings, Part 2

 

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          This application computes the seismic forces, shears, and overturning moments at each level of a building, following the Equivalent Lateral Force Procedure of Section 9.4 of ASCE Standard 7-93. The building must meet the limitations for use of this procedure given in section 9.3.5 of ASCE Standard 7-93.

 

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VT_131104274-Participant
4-Participant
September 28, 2026

Hello Tudor 

This is really very good worksheet for seismic calculation. May you please provide mathcad file ? 

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DJNewman
DJNewman19-Tanzanite
19-Tanzanite
September 28, 2026

Well, Tudor stopped working at PTC well over a decade ago.

I’ll get the Community admins on the task of seeing if there ever was a Mathcad worksheet for this post to begin with (it was migrated from the old platform), but I wouldn’t get your hopes up.

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    terryhendicott21-Topaz II
    21-Topaz II
    September 28, 2026

    The original source is a Mathcad 15 E-book on Building Structural Design by Thomas P. Manger, P.E.

    Here is the file that has Identical numerical values and formulas.  It just needs converting to latest Prime.

    File dates from 2004 so there may be rule changes since then?

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      VT_131104274-Participant
      4-Participant
      September 29, 2026

      Dear ​@terryhendicott , ​@DJNewman.

      I really appreciate your quick response and for providing the native file. Prime conversion works very well, and I will be sure to cross-verify it with the latest ASCE standards.

       

      Also, just to inform you, I found a similar PDF for wind loads. It would be a great if the Mathcad file for the wind loads could be provided as well:

       Building Structural Design - Wind Loads Using ASCE Standard 7-93 | Community

      Regards 

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      terryhendicott21-Topaz II
      21-Topaz II
      October 9, 2026

      Hi,

      Sorry did not see your email until today.

      Here is the wind load file.

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        VT_131104274-Participant
        4-Participant
        October 12, 2026

        Hi Terry,

        It is completely understood, and I really appreciate your effort in providing the MathCAD file.

        Thank you again for your support.

        BR|

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