Lec 1 Design of RC Structures For Lateral Loads
Lec 1 Design of RC Structures For Lateral Loads
Lec 1 Design of RC Structures For Lateral Loads
Lateral Load
Performance-Based Design:
Control displacements within acceptable
limits during service loading, factored
loaded, and varying intensities of
environmental loading Wind Loads Earthquakes loads
Loads and load combinations
For members subject to live loads:
U = 1.4 D + 1.6 L Where,
D = Dead Loads L= Live Loads
- For members subject to either wind load, W or seismic load, S the
ultimate load shall be taken equal to the greater value obtained from the following two
equations:
U = 0.8 (1.4 D + 1.6 L + 1.6 W)
U = 1.12 D + a L + S Where,
S = Ultimate seismic loads.
a = A factor that accounts for the effects of the sustained live loads on the
structure during seismic activities.
a = 1/4; for residential buildings
a = 1/2; for public buildings including, schools, hospitals, garages, theatre halls,
commercial and office buildings
a = 1 ; for structures subject to loads acting for a long duration of time which
include but are not limited to, silos, bins, water tanks, libraries, storage buildings
Internal Forces
• The internal strength of the entire structure
must be = or > the total forces applied on the
building
• The ability to withstand all forces depends on
the structural component’s dimensions and
the solidity and elasticity of the material.
• Internal forces :
• Compressive and Tensile Forces
According to Newton’s Third Law, forces
act in pairs. In structural terms, tensile
force pulls a structural element apart while
compressive force compresses it.
• Torque
If opposing forces are applied at different
points, a structural element may become
twisted. Internal forces in a structural element
Egyptian Code of practice
The Egyptian Code of practice require that in addition to the vertical
loads, buildings designed to resist lateral loads (wind or earthquake
loads).
Lateral loads may or may not affect the design of structures according
to buildings heights.
In working stress design method, if seismic or wind loads are
considered, then the allowable stresses may be increased by 15%.
Wind loads and seismic loads should not be combined.(only, the
higher of the two load case is to be considered)
What is a High-Rise Building ??
A building whose height creates different conditions in the design,
construction, use than those that exist in common buildings of a certain
region and period.”
• “A Structure because of its height, is affected by lateral forces due to wind
or earthquake actions to an extent that they play an important role in the
structural design.”
■ Why Tall Building (Advantage)??
• Business activities need to be as close to each other.
• It forms prestige symbols, distinctive land marks, hotels and commercial city centers.
• High cost of land and limited space.
■ Disadvantage of Tall Building ??
• Putting intense pressure on the available land space .
• Increase the risk, safety hazards and constitute an easy target in case of war or
terrorism.
STAGES OF HIGH RISE building DESIGN
■ Design Process
Architectural Structural MEP
Beam-column frame:
Elevation
Shear Wall Lateral Load Systems
Shear deformations
Shear wall Edge column generally govern
Elevation
+ =
Tube-in-tube system
Framed-tube system
Dewitt chestnut
1.Sears Tower
Nine Bundled Tubes,
each 25 m wide with no columns
between core and perimeter.
Location: Chicago
No of Stories: 108
Construction Year: 1974
Height: 442 m
Outrigger-braced system
■ Tallest twenty high rise in the world
CHALLENGES IN THE DESIGN OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS
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■ High Rise Example (Burj Dubai)