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- Title
- Cladding-Structure Interaction in Highrise Buildings.
- File
- PB83195891.pdf
- Author(s)
- Goodno, B. J.; Craig, J. I.; Meyyappa, M.; Palsson, H.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1983, 618 p.
- Abstract
- The potential lateral stiffness contribution of heavy-weight claddings on buildings and the role of cladding in altering dynamic properties and linear seismic response were investigated. The prototype structure studied was a 24-story steel frame office building of core construction with a contoured precast panel facade. Results obtained from a sheer stiffness model were compared to those obtained from three-dimensional finite element models. Lateral stiffness was shown to be heavily dependent on details of the panel-frame attachment. The addition of cladding models to conventional frame models of highrise buildings was found to alter predicted overall structure frequencies and linear seismic response.
- Keywords
- Highrise buildings; Earthquake resistant structures; Stiffness methods; Mechanical hysteresis; Mathematical models; Claddings; Computer applications; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Dynamic response; Forced vibration; Dynamic structural analysis