calculating base shear

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    atuter
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    When solving a question for geotech PE exam preparation, I saw a question that gave the weight of a structure and the spectral acceleration and asked for the base shear.

    They used the formula

    V=W x Sa / g

    W is weight, Sa is spectral acceleration and V is base shear…

    can you refer a good source to study how this formula was derived?

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