Abstract
This chapter covers the selection of the structural analysis procedure and requirements for modeling the structure. Three basic structural analysis procedures are equivalent lateral force (ELF) analysis, modal response spectrum (MRS) analysis, and linear or nonlinear response history (LRH or NRH) analysis. Aside from the method of analysis, the other principal modeling decisions to make concern modeling roof and floor diaphragms and determining whether three-dimensional analysis is required. Considerable thought and experience are required to develop analytical models for structural analysis. The more advanced the analysis, the more detail required in the model and the more time and thought needed. Additionally, validation of complex models is much more difficult than it is for simpler models.
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