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Structural performance of superframed conjoined towers
Tall buildings have generally been developed as solo towers. As tall buildings become ever taller, how to produce reasonably increased structural depths against lateral wind loads and maintain desirable lease depths simultaneously are critical design considerations. Conjoined towers have great potential to resolve these structural and architectural design issues holistically. While many different structural configurations are possible for conjoined towers, the concept of superframed conjoined towers is a viable option for superior performance. In the superframed conjoined towers studied in this paper, multiple braced tube towers are connected also with horizontal braced tube link structures. Various parameters of the link structures, such as stiffness, numbers, and locations, impact the structural performance of the superframed conjoined towers. As the structural design of tall buildings is generally governed by lateral stiffness, this paper investigates the lateral performance of superframed conjoined towers with variously configured link structures. While emphasis is placed on static responses in relation to architectural design, basic dynamic properties are also studied.
Structural performance of superframed conjoined towers
Tall buildings have generally been developed as solo towers. As tall buildings become ever taller, how to produce reasonably increased structural depths against lateral wind loads and maintain desirable lease depths simultaneously are critical design considerations. Conjoined towers have great potential to resolve these structural and architectural design issues holistically. While many different structural configurations are possible for conjoined towers, the concept of superframed conjoined towers is a viable option for superior performance. In the superframed conjoined towers studied in this paper, multiple braced tube towers are connected also with horizontal braced tube link structures. Various parameters of the link structures, such as stiffness, numbers, and locations, impact the structural performance of the superframed conjoined towers. As the structural design of tall buildings is generally governed by lateral stiffness, this paper investigates the lateral performance of superframed conjoined towers with variously configured link structures. While emphasis is placed on static responses in relation to architectural design, basic dynamic properties are also studied.
Structural performance of superframed conjoined towers
Moon, Kyoung Sun (author)
2021-07-01
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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