Wind and Earthquake Resistant Buildings: Structural Analysis and Design

Series:
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Published:
December 15, 2004 by CRC Press - 912 Pages
Author(s):
Bungale S. Taranath, DeSimone Consulting Engineers, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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ISBN 9780824759346
Cat# DK2447
 

Summary

Developed as a resource for practicing engineers, while simultaneously serving as a text in a formal classroom setting, Wind and Earthquake Resistant Buildings provides a fundmental understanding of the behavior of steel, concrete, and composite building structures. The text format follows, in a logical manner, the typical process of designing a building, from the first step of determining design loads, to the final step of evaluating its behavior for unusual effects.

Includes a worksheet that takes the drudgery out of estimating wind response.

The book presents an in-depth review of wind effects and outlines seismic design, highlighting the dymamic behavior of buildings. It covers the design and detailing the requirements of steel, concrete, and composite buidlings assigned to seismic design categories A through E. The author explains critical code specific items and structural concepts by doing the nearly impossible feat of addressing the history, reason for existence, and intent of major design provisions of the building codes. While the scope of the book is intentionally broad, it provides enough in-depth coverage to make it useful for structural engineers in all stages of their careers.

Features

  • Discusses the latest approaches for calculating lateral forces using the newly published ASCE 7-02 provisions
  • Describes the static, dynamic, and time-history analysis of using seismic design provisions of ASCE 7-02, IBC 2003, NFPA 5000, AISC 341-02, ACI 318-02, FEMA 350 and 356, UBC 1997, and the Blue Book-1997
  • Explores traditional and newer types of bracing systems and allows the reader to attain a fundamental understanding of their behavior
  • Covers the restoration of damaged or seismically vulnerable buildings with a special emphasis on seismic rehabilitation of hospitals and schools
  • Elucidates the differences between a "code-sponsored design and an alternate design philosophy based on the concept of Ductility Trade-Off for Strength"
  • Highlights earthquake hazard mitigation technologies including seismic base isolation, passive energy dissipation, and damping systems
  • Provides an abundance of examples applicable to real buildings and includes just enough explanations to drive home the underlying basic principles

    • Table of Contents

    WIND LOADS
    Design Considerations
    Nature of Wind
    Characteristics of Wind
    Code Provisions for Wind Loads
    Wind-Tunnel Engineering
    Perception of Building Motions

    SEISMIC DESIGN
    Building Behavior
    Seismic Design Concept
    Uniform Building Code, 1997 Edition: Seismic Provisions
    ASCE 7-02,IBC 2003,and NFPA 5000:Seismic Provisions
    Seismic Design of Structural Elements, Nonstructural Components, and Equipment; 1997 UBC Provisions
    Dynamic Analysis Theory
    Chapter Summary

    STEEL BUILDINGS
    Rigid Frames (Moment Frames)
    Braced Frames
    Staggered Truss System
    Eccentric Braced Frame (EBF)
    Interacting System of Braced and Rigid Frames
    Outrigger and Belt Truss Systems
    Framed Tube System
    Irregular Tube
    Trussed Tube
    Bundled Tube
    Seismic Design

    CONCRETE BUILDINGS
    Structural Systems
    Seismic Design

    COMPOSITE BUILDINGS
    Composite Elements
    Composite Building Systems
    Example Projects
    Super-Tall Buildings: Structural Concept
    Seismic Composite Systems

    SEISMIC REHABILITATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS
    Code-Sponsored Design
    Alternate Design Philosophy
    Code Provisions for Seismic Upgrade
    Building Deformations
    Common Deficiencies and Upgrade Methods
    FEMA 356: Prestandard and Commentary on the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings
    Summary of FEMA 356
    Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Systems for Strengthening of Concrete Buildings
    Seismic Strengthening Details

    GRAVITY SYSTEMS
    Structural Steel
    Concrete Systems
    Composite Gravity Systems

    SPECIAL TOPICS
    Tall Buildings
    Damping Devices for Reducing Motion Perception
    Panel Zone Effects
    Differential Shortening of Columns
    Floor-Leveling Problems
    Floor Vibrations
    Seismic Isolation
    Passive Energy Dissipation Systems
    Buckling-Restrained Braced Frame
    Selected References
    Appendix A Conversion Factors: U.S.Customary to SI Units
    Index

    Editorial Reviews

    "…fills an important need in the education of modern structural engineers at the graduate level."
    -Engineering Structures

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