Do the U.S. still get their seismic data by the zone class? seismic zone 1,2,3,4, etc...
if so, how does one obtain the Sa values etc.... for the specific area.
Thanks in advance
Question on Seismic Load Generators.
Say i have a 2 story buidling.
I want to use the load generation function in staad to determine the base shears etc (for seimsic).
Is it sufficient for me to include the "self weight" only? (as shown in screen cap)?
or do I need to manually apply the...