Tall buildings : the proceedings of a symposium on tall buildings with particular reference to shear wall structures, held in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southampton, April 1966

Tall buildings : the proceedings of a symposium on tall buildings with particular reference to shear wall structures, held in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southampton, April 1966 / edited by A. Coull and B. Stafford Smith.

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Other Authors: Coull, Alex, Smith, B. Stafford
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington : Elsevier Science, 1967.
Subjects:
Tall buildings > Design and construction > Congresses.
Structural analysis (Engineering) > Congresses.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
ARCHITECTURE > Project Management.
ARCHITECTURE > Security Design.
Structural analysis (Engineering)
Tall buildings > Design and construction
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Tall Buildings; Copyright Page; FOREWORD; Table of Contents; PREFACE; LIST OF PARTICIPANTS; SECTION 1: WIND LOADING; CHAPTER 1. THE TREATMENT OF WIND LOADING ON TALL BUILDINGS; INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE; OBSERVATIONS OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF TALL BUILDINGS IN THE WIND; THE RELATIONSHIP OF METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS TO WIND LOADING; DYNAMIC ACTION OF THE WIND; DESIGN CRITERIA AGAINST WIND; APPROACHES TO DESIGN AGAINST WIND; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; SECTION 2: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; CHAPTER 2. PLANNING CONCEPTS USING SHEAR WALLS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITION; PLANNING.
  • Plan forms using shear wallsconclusion; acknowledgments; references; discussion; chapter 3. shear wall structures-design and construction problems; summary; introduction; analysis of shear walls; wind and vibration effects; deflection; methods of construction; precast construction; foundations; model analysis; secondary stresses; references; discussion; chapter 4. the use of shear walls in high buildings; summary; shear walls in high buildings; chapter 5. shear wall construction in system building; summary; introduction; development; current practice; structural design; constructional details.
  • HIGH MAISONETTE BLOCKSWALL PANEL REINFORCEMENT; CONCLUSION; DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 6. DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; SECTION 3: RESEARCH; (a) THE PRESENT STATE OF RESEARCH; CHAPTER 7. ANALYSIS OF SHEAR WALL STRUCTURES (A Review of Previous Research); INTRODUCTION; 1. SHEAR WALL STRUCTURES; 2. SHEAR WALLS COMBINED WITH FRAMES; 3. INFILLED FRAMES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SUPPLEMENT; (b) COUPLED SHEAR WALLS; CHAPTER 8. THE INTERACTION OF SHEAR WALLS CONNECTED SOLELY THROUGH SLABS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; PART 1 : MODEL STUDIES; PART 2 SIMPLIFIED THEORY.
  • Appendix 1. derivation of the formulas for maximum laminae shear and its locationappendix 2. sample calculation using simplified theory; references; discussion; chapter 9. multistorey pierced shear walls of variable cross-section; summary; 1. introduction; 2. determination of stresses in each separate wall unit; 3. numerical example; 4. critical remarks and conclusions; acknowledgment; notation; references; discussion; chapter 10. the analysis of interconnected shear walls by analogue computation; introduction; derivation of equations; analogue computation; examples; conclusions.
  • Acknowledgmentnotation; references; discussion; chapter 11. lateral stiffness of shear walls with openings; 1. introduction; 2. discussion of the variables involved; 3 . methods of analysis; 4. comparison of methods; 5. comments on factors affecting stiffness; conclusion; acknowledgment; appendix 1. beam stiffness matrix for wide column frame; references; discussion; chapter 12. the effect of local wall deformations on the elastic interaction of cross walls coupled by beams; summary; 1. the problem; 2. a simplifying theory; 3. deflections of beams cantilevering from elastic walls.

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