Optimum structural modelling for tall buildings

Jameel, M. and Saiful Islam, A.B.M. and Hussain, R.R. and Khaleel, M. and Zaheer, M.M. (2012) Optimum structural modelling for tall buildings. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings. ISSN 1541-7808,

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Abstract

It is a common practice to model multi-storey tall buildings as frame structures where the loads for structural design are supported by beams and columns. Intrinsically, the structural strength provided by the walls and slabs are neglected. As the building height increases, the effect of lateral loads on multi-storey structures increases considerably. The consideration of walls and slabs in addition to the frame structure modelling shall theoretically lead to improved lateral stiffness. Thus, a more economic structural design of multi-storey buildings can be achieved. In this research, modelling and structural analysis of a 61-storey building have been performed to investigate the effect of considering the walls, slabs and wall openings in addition to frame structure modelling. Sophisticated finite element approach has been adopted to configure the models, and various analyses have been performed. Parameters, such as maximum roof displacement and natural frequencies, are chosen to evaluate the structural performance. It has been observed that the consideration of slabs alone with the frame modelling may have negligible improvement on structural performance. However, when the slabs are combined with walls in addition to frame modelling, significant improvement in structural performance can be achieved. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Lt

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: optimum structural modelling; tall buildings; frame slab model; frame slab wall model; wall opening; shear wall
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Mr. Mohammed Salim Abd Rahman
Date Deposited: 12 Jul 2013 07:23
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2014 05:24
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/7287

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