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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/eas.2017.12.3.263

A study on the comparison of a steel building with braced frames and with RC walls  

Buyuktaskin, Almila H. Arda (Department of Architecture, Structural and Earthquake Engineering Working Group, Istanbul Technical University)
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Earthquakes and Structures / v.12, no.3, 2017 , pp. 263-270 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, two geometrically identical multi-storey steel buildings with different lateral load resisting systems are structurally analyzed under same earthquake conditions and they are compared with respect to their construction costs of their structural systems. One of the systems is a steel structure with eccentrically steel braced frames. The other one is a RC wall-steel frame system, that is a steel framed structure in combination with a reinforced concrete core and shear walls of minimum thickness that the national code allows. As earthquake resisting systems, steel braced frames and reinforced concrete shear walls, for both cases are located on identical places in either building. Floors of both buildings will be of reinforced concrete slabs of same thickness resting on composite beams. The façades are assumed to be covered identically with light-weight aluminum cladding with insulation. Purpose of use for both buildings is an office building of eight stories. When two systems are structurally analyzed by FEM (finite element method) and dimensionally compared, the dual one comes up with almost 34% less cost of construction with respect to their structural systems. This in turn means that, by using a dual system in earthquake zones such as Turkey, for multi-storey steel buildings with RC floors, more economical solutions can be achieved. In addition, slender steel columns and beams will add to that and consequently more space in rooms is achieved.
Keywords
steel building with braced frames; steel building with RC wall-steel frames; dual structural systems; earthquake resisting frames; composite beams; construction cost comparison;
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