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Book/ literature on Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

Book/ literature on Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

Book/ literature on Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

(OP)
Can any one advise on this?

IR

RE: Book/ literature on Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

I don't know what you mean by Non-Prescriptive Design of High Rise Buildings.
Here are two books...
Tall Building Structures - Analysis & Design - by Bryan Stafford Smith & Alex Coull, and published by John Wiley & Sons
Steel, Concrete, & Composite Design of Tall Buildings by Bungale S. Taranath, published by McGraw-Hill
You may Google.... you will find a lot more books and papers on Tall Buildings

RE: Book/ literature on Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

I second DST's recommendation for the Taranath book, it's very comprehensive and also very readable at the same time. Well worth purchasing.

RE: Book/ literature on Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

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Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

Why bother with non-prescriptive design? Prescriptive design is so much easier.

RE: Book/ literature on Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

Depends on whose prescription you are using. I don't know that there is a prescription for high rise buildings.

RE: Book/ literature on Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

(OP)
In general, I follow American Codes and Standards. Non-Prescriptive may be called Performance based design. Generally codes put height limitations, drift criterias etc. I am looking for any established standards/criteria/research for Tall buildings where we can move beyond code for more viability and economy of structural design.

IR

RE: Book/ literature on Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

What is meant by prescriptive code? I thought it meant at standard design which works for any example, such as timber framing span tables. Don't think you will find one of those for tall buildings. Every tall building needs a design.

RE: Book/ literature on Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

You could find useful information on these literature, it is focused on performance based earthquake engineering and on tall buildings, specially Bertero.

1. Bertero, R., & Bertero, V. (2002). Performance-based seismic engineering: The need for a reliable conceptual comprehensive approach. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 627-652.
2. Teran-Gilmore, A., & Coeto, G. (2011). Displacement-Based Preliminary Design of Tall Buildings Stiffened with a System of Buckling-Restrained Braces. Eartquake Spectra, 153-182

Hope it helps.

RE: Book/ literature on Non-Prescriptive Design of High-rise Buildings

About six months ago there was an article about performance-based design of concrete shear walls for tall buildings under wind loading. It was published in November 2011 issue of ACI Structural Journal. The paper was by Dr. Ahmed Rahimian of Cantor Seinuk. He has designed tall buildings including the new World Trade Center in New York City.

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