8A. ANALYSIS Part 1: NEW BUILDINGS

CHAPTER 8A 'ANALYSIS' 30 Where you enter the necessary information about the seismic area, the ground and building, as well as the earthquake coefficients and application levels. Select the seismic zone, after first updating the .txt file that opens by clicking "Seismic Areas" for the number of the zone corresponding to the municipality where your study belongs. Select the number from "Zone" list and the factor "a" is automatically filled in. Select the "soil category" from the list and the fields of the period characteristics "T1" and "T2" are automatically updated, From at on and "importance category" to automatically fill in importance factor "y". In the "Coefficients" field you can modify the default values related to the seismic spectrum by typing in the corresponding fields. The seismic coefficients "qx" and "qz" are filled in by the designer after taking into account all the necessary requirements of the NAC. In the field "Levels HZ" you select the lower and the upper level for application of seismic actions (for buildings with basement and/or staircase termination, etc.)