FLOWCHART: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
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Chapter 1: Project Background
The Project
Project Objectives
The Client
Project
Limitations
Scope
and
Chapter 2: Design Inputs
Architectural Plans
Structural Plans
Table of Initial Member
(Beam, Columns, Slabs and
Footing)
Chapter 3: Design Computation
Design Criteria
Design Codes Standards and Specifications
Computer Software and Programs
Design Development Flowchart
Design Loads
Load Calculations (Manual and Excel, Minimum of
3 per Floor)
Table of Summary of Load (both in kN/m and in
kPa)
Wind Analysis
Wind Analysis Flow Chart
Modern Tool Analysis (Excel and Software)
Manual Calculation
Frame Analysis
Frame Analysis Flow Chart
Modern Tool Analysis
Table of Summary of Design Forces (M,V,P)
Beam (Flexure)
Design Flow Chart
Analysis and Design (Excel and Manual Computation)
Table of Summary of Design
Beam (Shear and Torsion)
Design Flow Chart
Analysis and Design (Excel and Manual Computation)
Table of Summary of Design
Columns
Design Flow Chart
Analysis and Design (Excel and Manual Computation)
Table of Summary of Design
Chapter 4: Final Design
Summary of Final Design
Beams
Schedule of Final Design of Footing (Table)
Structural Details of Final Beam Design
Columns
Schedule of Final Design of Footing (Table)
Structural Details of Final Beam Design
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FLOWCHART: LOAD DISTRIBUTION
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INPUT
 Dimension of the longer and
shorter side of the slab
 Dead Loads
 Live Loads
COMPUTE
Tributary Area
Longer side * Shorter Side
YES
Tributary
Area ≤ 15
OUTPUT
No reduction
for live loads
NO
YES
OUTPUT USE
USING
METHOD 2
Tributary
Area ≥ 40
NO
COMPUTE
YES
Reduction
1 – [ 0.25 + 4.57 (1 / sqrt AT)]
Tributary
Area > 15
OUTPUT
USE USING
METHOD 1
COMPUTE
Reduction
Tributary
Area ≥ 0.4
0.08(AT – 15)
COMPUTE
COMPUTE
COMPUTE
Total live loads
Reduction live load
Reduction live load
Summation of LL – Reduction
live loads
L0(0.4)
L0(Reduction)
COMPUTE
Shorter side/ Longer
side*ratio
NO
OUTPUT
YES
OUTPUT
S/L ≥ 0.5
ONE WAY
TWO WAY
INPUT
INPUT
 Weight of the exterior walls
 Weight of the interior walls
 Weight of the exterior walls
 Weight of the interior walls
COMPUTE
Is the beam is
in the shorter
side?
WLL & WDL
COMPUTE
TOTAL WLL
NO
WLL
TOTAL WDL
NO
Back from
the star
WDL
YES
Beam to
analyze?
COMPUTE
COMPUTE
WLL
WDL
YES
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FLOWCHART: WIND LOAD ANALYSIS
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INPUT
Occupancy of structure and category,
location, height of the building, wind
factor, wind speed, topographic factor,
exposure category, enclosure
classification, internal pressure coefficient.
Compute
Approximate Natural
Frequency(Na)
Na = 14.93/h0.9
Na > 1
OUTPUT
Use NSCP 2015 Section
207A.9.5 if the structure is
flexible
Find Zg and a
NSCP 2015 TABLE
2017A.9 - 1
INPUT
Z values
If Z <
4.5
COMPUTE
Velocity Pressure Exposure Coefficient
(kph to m/s)
INPUT
Horizontal Dimension
of the Building
COMPUTE
Use NSCP 2015 2017B 4-1 in wall pressure
coefficients for wind
COMPUTE
Wind pressure
CALCULATE
Use Tributary to calculate wind loads
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FLOWCHART: FRAME ANALYSIS
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CREATE
New Project
CLICK
Analytical
MODEL
Structural Member
CLASSIFICATION
Classify based on their properties
INPUT
Dead loads
Live loads
Roof loads
Self-weight
Beam properties
CLARIFY
Load combinations, properties and the structural
member’s dimension
OUTPUT
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