PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS FOR GLOBAL  ADAPTATION USING THE LINEAR STATIC METHOD

B Danjuma; OS Abejide; JM Kaura

doi:10.4314/njt.373.1754

PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS FOR GLOBAL ADAPTATION USING THE LINEAR STATIC METHOD

Authors

B Danjuma DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
OS Abejide DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
JM Kaura DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.373.1754

Keywords:

High-rise, Earth-tremor, Linear Static Method and SD-CBF

Abstract

Preliminary sizing of the members of high-rise buildings for adaptation in Nigeria and other countries with similar earth tremor data is carried out in this work using the linear static (lateral force) method. The studied building model comprises a regular, symmetric 50 storey Steel Dual-Concentric (chevron) Brace Frame, SD-CBF. European wide flange beam section of HE220M, column section HE260M and brace section HE180B were realised as initial design sections which are structurally safe. Results indicate that the aforementioned sections, though structurally safe can be made more robust for greater safety by applying a factor of safety ranging from 1.25 to 1.5 depending on available investment and seismicity of the environment. This is to justify safety of lives and properties.

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v37i3.2

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Published

2018-07-01

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 3 (2018)

Section

Building, Civil & Geotechnical Engineering

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PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS FOR GLOBAL ADAPTATION USING THE LINEAR STATIC METHOD. (2018). Nigerian Journal of Technology, 37(3), 570-575. https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.373.1754