Hi all,
For the life of me, I can't figure out what I am doing wrong with my hand calculation to match up with the STAAD calculation of Cs. Currently I have the following variable in STAAD
Zip Code 90012
TL= 8
Importance Factor = 1.25
Response Modification Factor = 3.5
Site Class 4
with the rest of the variable blank. The Cs value is 0.610 in the output file.
Using equation 12.8-2 my hand calc Cs is 0.19. Using Sds = 0.531.
I believe it has to due with the transition period varible. Which section/step am I missing? As derviing the Sds did not require using the TL variable.
Thank you