Category: Design of Tall Structures.

What are Shear Walls?

Shear wall is a structural member used to resist lateral forces i.e. parallel to the plane of the wall. For…

PROPOSED DESIGN OF CANTILEVER INFILLED FRAMES WITH FLEXURAL YIELDING

where Asd is the total area of the plain round dowels and fyd is the yield strength. This equation was…

CAPACITY DESIGN OF INFILLED FRAME STRUCTURES

DESIGN CRITERIA Background Experimental data reported by different researchers  indicate that a reasonably ductile response can be obtained if the…

Braced frames

Braced frames are a very common form of construction, being economic to construct and simple to analyse. Economy comes from…

WHAT IS A RIGID FRAME BUILDING?

The structure of a steel rigid frame building is characterized by its rigid connections of straight or tapered columns and…

Factors affecting growth, height and structural form

Speed of erection : Congested city states Difficult access Planning and organisation of construction sequence Repetitive operations and prefabrication Improved…

Behavior of Structural Systems for High Rise Buildings

Working Stress Method/ Allowable Stress Design

Working stress method is used for the design of Reinforced concrete, Steel and Timber structures. The main assumption in the WSM is that…

Design Load Combinations

After establishing the design loads of the proposed project, the next thing to consider is to determine the appropriate design load combinations.…

What Is Modal Analysis?

The most common type of analysis is quasi-static analysis, where the load is applied at a very slow rate so…

Earthquake Load

Earthquake load takes place due to the inertia force produced in the building because of seismic excitations. Inertia force is…

Prestressed Concrete in Building

Prestressed Concrete Prestressed concrete is a method for overcoming concrete’s natural weakness in tension. Prestressing tendons (generally of high tensile…