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Practical Finite Element Analysis
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Concrete International
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October 1, 2008
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Issues for an irregular reinforced concrete high-rise building
Engineers often face modeling and analysis issues when designing irregular reinforced concrete buildings, as we encountered during the recent design of a 25-story hotel building being constructed together with a 60-story residential tower in New York City. A dual system of ordinary reinforced concrete structural walls and intermediate slab-column moment frames was used to resist lateral loads at the upper portion, while a building frame system of ordinary reinforced structural walls was used at the lower portion. Slab-column moment frames subjected to lateral loading were modeled based on the equivalent slab-beam concept,1 and ...