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mi   = total mass of the i'th storey
m   = mass moment of inertia of the i'th storey
mixn (X)  = (X) for the earthquake direction, the i'th storey modal effective mass of the nth natural vibration mode of the building in the x-axis direction
miyn (X)  = (X) for the earthquake direction i'th storey modal effective mass
miθn (X)  = (X) of the building's nth natural vibration around the z-axis for the earthquake direction i'th storey modal effective mass moment of inertia
mj (S) = Finite Element Analysis node j to effect individual masses
mtxn (X)   = (X) earthquake direction for building the x-axis direction of the nth vibration mode of base shear modal effective mass
mtyne (Y)  = (Y) earthquakes base shear in the building along the y axis for the direction of modal effective mass
rmax (X)  = (X) earthquake direction for any behavior variables (displacements and relative storey drift, strain component) corresponding to the coupled typically  to maximum modal behavior of size
rn (X)  = Typical unit modal behavior magnitude corresponding to any action magnitude (displacement, relative floor displacement, internal force component) for the earthquake direction in the nth natural vibration mode (X),
rn,max (X)  = nth natural vibration mode ( X) Typical largest modal behavior magnitude corresponding to any action magnitude (displacement, relative floor displacement, internal force component) for the earthquake direction
SaR (Tn )  = reduced design spectral acceleration for the nth vibration mode
Tn  = nth mode natural vibration period
βmn  = ratio of mth and nth natural vibration periods
Φi (X) n  = nth natural vibration mode shape amplitude at i'th storey (X) earthquake direction
Φixn  =nth natural vibration mode shape amplitude ati'th storey in x-axis direction
Φiyn  = y-axis at i'th storey nth natural vibration mode shape amplitude in the direction
θiθn  = nth natural vibration mode shape amplitude as rotation around the z-axis at the ith storey
Γx (X)  = (X) for the earthquake direction, modal contribution of the nth vibration mode multiplier
ξn  = modal damping ratio of the nth vibration mode
ωn  = Natural vibration angular frequency of the nth vibration mode
ρmn  = Cross correlation coefficient of the mth and nth natural vibration modes in the Complete Quadratic Combination Rule

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