Capacity Checks (Eurocodes)

All the member checks (chord rotation capacity and shear capacity) should be carried out for all the elements of every floor, according to Annex A of EN1998-3:2005, considering the members as primary or secondary seismic elements, designated in accordance with the definitions in EN1998-1:2004, 4.2.2(1)P, (2) and (3). Moreover, beam-column joints checks may be employed in order to check (i) the horizontal shear forces acting on the core of the joints; (ii) the joint’s horizontal hoops area and (iii) whether adequate vertical reinforcement is provided to the column passing through the joint.

In SeismoBuild the capacity checks available are the following:

• Deformation Capacity

• Bending Moment Capacity

• Shear Capacity

• Steel Braces Axial Deformations

• Steel Braces Axial Forces

• Joints Shear Forces

• Joints Horizontal Hoops Area

• Joints Vertical Reinforcement Area

• Joints Ductility

• Footing Bearing Capacity

• Footings Sliding Forces

• Footings Bending Capacity

• Footings Shear Capacity

• Footings Punching Capacity

• Footings Eccentricity