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Code Name

German Standard DIN4149. Part 1

Issued by

Highest Authority for Building Supervision 

Revision

1981

Horizontal Base Shear

HE, j, i = mj βγj,i cala

HE, j, i : static substitute horizontal load
i          : Ordinal number of natural vibration form
j          : Number of mass point
mj       : Mass of mass point j
               mj  = (Gj + Pj) /
               Gj + Pj : Dead bad and live load of section j
β
        : Coefficient of normalized response spectrum in function of natural vibration
             period (See Fig.1)
γj,i   : Coefficient of dynamic behavior of building in function of harmonic

ψ      : Deflection of mass points j in i-th harmonic (See Fig.2)
n        : Number of mass points
cala   : Calculated values of horizontal acceleration (See Fig.3, Table 1)