Tall Building Structures: Analysis and Design

ISBN-13: 9780471512370 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 552 str.

Bryan S. Smith; Alex Coull; Bryan S. Stafford-Smith

Opis

Examines structural aspects of high rise buildings, particularly fundamental approaches to the analysis of the behaviour of different forms of building structures including frame, shear wall, tubular, core and outrigger-braced systems.

Spis treści

Tall Buildings.

Design Criteria.

Loading.

Structural Form.

Modeling for Analysis.

Braced Frames.

Rigid–Frame Structures.

Infilled–Frame Structures.

Shear Wall Structures.

Coupled Shear Wall Structures.

Wall–Frame Structures.

Tubular Structures.

Core Structures.

Outrigger–Braced Structures.

Generalized Theory.

Stability of High–Rise Buildings.

Dynamic Analysis.

Creep, Shrinkage, and Temperature Effects.

Appendices.

Bibliography.

Index.