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Step 10: Defining Static Load Cases<br />
We will define five static load cases. They are dead load, live load, earthquake in the X-<br />
direction, earthquake in the Y-direction and a load pattern to be used in the pushover analysis.<br />
1. From the Define menu select Static Load Cases…. This will display the Define Static Load<br />
Case Names dialog box.<br />
2. In this dialog box:<br />
• Type DL in the Load edit box.<br />
• Select Dead from the Type drop-down box.<br />
• Type 0 in the Self Weight Multiplier edit box.<br />
• Click the Change Load button.<br />
Note: In this example, if we had wanted the program to automatically include the selfweight<br />
of the structural members, we would have specified a non zero weight per unit<br />
volume in the Material data, and we would have put a self-weight multiplier of 1 on<br />
the DL load case only.<br />
• Type LL in the Load edit box.<br />
• Select Live from the Type drop-down box.<br />
• Type 0 in the Self Weight Multiplier edit box.<br />
• Click the Add New Load button.<br />
• Type EQX in the Load edit box.<br />
• Select Quake from the Type drop-down box.<br />
• Type 0 in the Self Weight Multiplier edit box.<br />
• Click the Add New Load button.<br />
• Type EQY in the Load edit box.<br />
• Select Quake from the Type drop-down box.<br />
• Type 0 in the Self Weight Multiplier edit box.<br />
• Click the Add New Load button.<br />
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