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The influence of non‐structural components on tall building stiffness
Author(s) -
Li Bing,
Hutchinson Graham L.,
Duffield Colin F.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the structural design of tall and special buildings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1541-7808
pISSN - 1541-7794
DOI - 10.1002/tal.565
Subject(s) - stiffness , structural engineering , structural system , component (thermodynamics) , frame (networking) , finite element method , structural load , shear wall , shear (geology) , structural element , computer science , engineering , materials science , mechanical engineering , physics , composite material , thermodynamics
The lateral load resisting system of a multi‐storey building is considered to be an assembly of structural components, such as the structural frame, shear walls, concrete cores, etc. However, in reality, some so‐called ‘non‐structural components (NSCs)’ also play important roles in adding stiffness to the building. To evaluate the contributions from those NSCs and to quantify some of their contributions to the stiffness of the structure under service level loads, this paper reports on the analysis of a lateral load resisting system with different components so that the stiffness contribution from each individual component may be evaluated. Results from finite element analyses are verified by other theoretical calculations. Discussions and conclusions on the performance of both single components and the building system are also provided. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.