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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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