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100 _aSchueller, Wolfgang
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245 _aVertical building structure
260 _aNew York
_bVan Nostrand Reinhold
_c1990
300 _axiii,658p.
505 _aContents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii l. General Concepts of Building Design 1 The Development of the Vertical Building Structure Technical Considerations I The Evolution of the Skyscraper The Development of the Reinforced Concrete High-rise Building General Architectural Design Considerations 16 Geometrical Organizers 19 Environmental Context 31 Functional Organizers 40 Mechanical and Electrical Systems 58 HVAC Systems Plumbing Systems I Electrical Distribution Building Organization Fire Safety 69 2. Concepts of Structure and Construction 79 Structural Organizers 79 Introduction to Buildings as Support Structures I Basic Concepts of Structural Language I High-rise Structure Systems Building Loads I Force Flow I Introduction to the Behavior of Building Structures, I The Building Response to Force Action I The Effect of Building Height Construction 118 Erection Equipment and Scaffolding I Conventional Construction Methods I Industrialized Construction I Special Construction Techniques Foundation Systems 13 5 Shallow Foundations I Deep Foundations Choosing a Foundation System 3. Loads and Force Flow I 157 Dead and Live Loads 159 Distribution of Gravity Loads: Load Flow Construction Loads 169 Dynamic Loads 170 Wind Loads 184 Seismic Loads 193 Lateral Distribution of Base Shear I Some Additional Code Requirements Hidden Loads 212 Water and Earth Pressure Loads 231 Load Combinations 233 Abnormal Loads and Structural Safety 237 4. Approximate Design of Beams and Columns 251 Concrete Beams 252 Concrete Wall Beams 264 Steel Beams 266 Composite Beams I 269 Steel Plate Girders 271 Prestressed Concrete Beams I 273 Columns 285 Steel Columns Concrete Columns Tension Members 296 Single Structural Shapes and Built-up Members I Round and Square Rods and Flat Bars I Cables (Wire Ropes and Bridge Strands) 5. The Vertical and Horizontal Building Planes 301 The Distribution of Lateral Forces to the Vertical Resisting Structures 301 Statically Determinate Conditions I Statically Determinate Conditions due to Symmetry I Indeterminate Force Distribution for Conditions of Symmetry Torszon Floor Diaphragms 318 Floor Framing Systems 321 Ceilings 330 Reinforced Concrete Slab Systems 331 One-Way Solid Slabs I Precast Concrete Slabs Joist Floor I Composite One-Way Slab Systems I Two-Way Slabs I Post-Tensioned Slabs I Stair Slabs 6. Wall Structures 367 Curtain Walls 370 The Function of the Exterior Wall I Installation Methods The Curtain Wall as Structure Partition Walls 388 Masonry Walls 389 Masonry Wall Types I Exterior Non-load bearing Walls / Bearing Walls I Shear Walls/bridging the Wall Opening Reinforced Concrete Walls 4 31 Load-bearing Frame Walls 438 Steel-Plate Shear Walls 438 7. Building Structure Systems 445 Bearing-Wall Structures 448 Core Structures 452 Bridge Structures 461 Suspension Buildings 464 Skeleton Buildings 471 Approximate Design of Frames/Approximate Lateral Defiection of Rigid Frames Flat Slab Buildings 500 Interstitial Structures 501 Staggered Wall-Beam Structures 505 Braced Frame Structures 510 Frame-Shear Wall Interaction 522 Shear Walls with Outriggers 533 Tubular Structures 538 Perforated Shell Tubes-Framed Tubes/Braced Tubes/Tube-in-Tube/Bundled Tubes/Interior Braced Tube/Partial Tubes/Hybrid Tubes Megastructures 559 Composite and Mixed Steel-Concrete Buildings 567 Composite Members I Composite Building Structure Systems/Mixed Steel-Concrete Building Construction Systems Hybrid Structures 573 Unconventional Building Structures 577 8. Other Vertical, Architecture Related Structures 589 Towers I 589 Underground Structures 598 Offshore Architecture 602 Star scrapers 610 Appendix A: Tables for Structural Design 615 Appendix B: List of Buildings in Figures 625 Appendix C: Answers to Selected Problems 641 Bibliography and References 643 Index 649
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