Tall Building Criteria and Loading
Tall Building Criteria and Loading

Author: Leslie E. Robertson

Publisher: ASCE Publications

Published: 1980-01-01

Total Pages: 916

ISBN-13: 9780784475751

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Prepared by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat of ASCE. This report examines the loads to which tall buildings are subjected so that engineers can precisely define the related structural elements that are necessary before translating a client's needs into a safe design. The report explores five different classes of loads?gravity loads and temperature affects, earthquake loads, wind loading and wind effects, fire, and accidental loads?as well as quality control and overall safety considerations.ØSteel buildings, which hold the record for height, tax the designer's ingenuity to provide adequate resistance to lateral loading. Concrete buildings are both more numerous and widely distributed, and for them vertical gravity loads may be the chief problem. Both steel and concrete buildings and lateral and vertical loads are addressed. Other subjects covered include: dead, live, cyclic snow, construction, and combined loads; code requirements; meteorological and environmental factors in design; firefighting provisions; and modeling. Contributions came from more than 800 contributors, all international and professional and heavily representing design and industrial firms. Condensed references follow each chapter, and a glossary is included.

Structural Analysis of Multi-Storey Buildings
Structural Analysis of Multi-Storey Buildings

Author: Karoly A. Zalka

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-03-02

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1000042294

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The structural analysis of multi-storey buildings can be carried out using discrete (computer-based) models or creating continuum models that lead to much simpler albeit normally approximate results. The book relies on the second approach and presents the theoretical background and the governing differential equations (for researchers) and simple closed-form solutions (for practicing structural engineers). The continuum models also help to understand how the stiffness and geometrical characteristics influence the three-dimensional behaviour of complex bracing systems. The back-of-the-envelop formulae for the maximum deflection and rotation, load shares, fundamental frequency and critical load facilitate quick global structural analysis for even large buildings. It is shown how the global critical load ratio can be used for monitoring the "health" of the structure acting as a performance indicator and "safety factor". Evaluating the results of over sixteen hundred calculations, the accuracy of the procedures is comprehensively demonstrated by comparing the discrete and continuum results. Nineteen worked examples illustrate the use of the methods, whose downloadable MathCad and Excel worksheets (www.crcpress.com/ 9780367350253) can also be used as templates for similar practical situations.

Catalogue
Catalogue

Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. Library

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13:

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Constructional Steel Design
Constructional Steel Design

Author: P.J. Dowling

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1992-11-13

Total Pages: 991

ISBN-13: 1482296705

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Constructional Steel Design presents state-of-the-art knowledge on the design of steel structures. Independent of national design codes, subjects include materials aspects of steel as well as metallurgy, fatigue, corrosion, inspection, fire protection, element behaviour and strength.

Computational Science and Its Applications -- ICCSA 2015
Computational Science and Its Applications -- ICCSA 2015

Author: Osvaldo Gervasi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-06-20

Total Pages: 857

ISBN-13: 3319214705

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The five-volume set LNCS 9155-9159 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2015, held in Banff, AB, Canada, in June 2015. The 232 revised full papers presented in 22 workshops and a general track were carefully reviewed and selected from 780 initial submissions for inclusion in this volume. They cover various areas in computational science ranging from computational science technologies to specific areas of computational science such as computational geometry and security.

Response Spectrum Method in Seismic Analysis and Design of Structures
Response Spectrum Method in Seismic Analysis and Design of Structures

Author: Ajaya Kumar Gupta

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-22

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1351418750

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New developments in the response spectrum method have led to calculations in seismic stresses that are more accurate, and usually lower, than those obtained by conventional methods. This new textbook examines the wealth of information on the response spectrum method generated by the latest research and presents the background theory in simplified form. Applications of these methods is essential in the seismic design of critical structures, such as nuclear power plants and petroleum facilities. In new construction, the reduced seismic stresses will result in efficient and economic design. For facilities already built, these more accurate methods can be used where the facility is being reassessed for higher loads and in the calculation of margins. Written by an acknowledged expert in this and related fields, this volume is ideal as a graduate text for courses in structural and earthquake engineering. It is also an excellent reference for civil, structural, mechanical, and earthquake engineers.