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TEACHERS’ SECTION
CIVIL INSIGHT 2018
Irregularity in bottom portion of the building, especially in ground and fi rst story, does not have any
signifi cant impact on the base and story shear, while the mass irregularity in the top portion of the building
has signifi cant effect in the base and story shear.
Story shear is signifi cantly changed when the irregularity is presented in that particular story. If i th story is
mass irregular, then story shear of that i th story is signifi cantly higher than that of regular building i th story
story shear.
In light of the above points, it is concluded that the location of mass irregularity in top portion of the
building signifi cantly vary the base and story shear and magnitude and location of the mass irregularity is
also of signifi cance in the variation of base and story shear.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The author acknowledges University Grants Commissions (UGC-Nepal), Sanothimi, Bhaktapur for the fi nancial
support for the Master’s thesis, as the research is based on the work done for master’s thesis for the completion
of the Degree of Masters in Structural engineering.
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