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EFFECTS OF BUILDING PLAN CONFIGURATION ON LATERAL LOAD RESPONSES
by
Feng-Cheng Chiu O’Connor
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE
May 2012
Copyright 2012 Feng-Cheng Chiu O’Connor
Object Description
| Title | Effects of building plan configuration on lateral load responses |
| Author | O'Connor, Feng-Cheng Chiu |
| Author email | foconnor@usc.edu;fengcheng_o@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-03-21 |
| Date submitted | 2012-05-07 |
| Date approved | 2012-05-08 |
| Restricted until | 2012-05-08 |
| Date published | 2012-05-08 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Schierle, G. Goetz |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Guh, Jeff Carlson, Anders |
| Abstract | Hypothesis: Structural lateral drift and torsion typically play a deciding role in the design of tall buildings. When the lateral force occurs along the asymmetric axis, structural deformation tends to be amplified. ❧ The focus of this thesis is on the study of how the sectional geometry and configuration of a steel-frame building may affect its deformation response to seismic and wind lateral forces. ❧ The light-weight and ductile, tall, steel-frame building has become a dominant architectural form in high-density urban areas, especially high-seismic zones. However, the construction of such structures brings its own unique challenges. One essential issue involves deformations of the structural system in response to seismic and wind loads. The taller the building, the greater its mass (seismic concern) and building surface (wind load concern) will be. The resulting larger lateral forces will in turn lead to greater deformations. Lateral seismic and wind forces represent the most critical design issues for tall buildings. These forces are dynamic, with magnitudes and directions that, by their nature, vary with time and are highly unpredictable. ❧ This thesis focuses on the behavior of a steel-frame building with certain sectional geometries and configurations (symmetrical versus asymmetrical) in response to seismic and wind forces and whether the sectional deformation involves local and global rotations. Shake-table tests and computer simulations of the various deformations were used to confirm the findings and the conclusion as well as to aid in the study of design improvements. |
| Keyword | deformation; lateral drift; plan configuration; sectional geometry; symmetry; torsion |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | O'Connor, Feng-Cheng Chiu |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-OConnorFen-743.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | EFFECTS OF BUILDING PLAN CONFIGURATION ON LATERAL LOAD RESPONSES by Feng-Cheng Chiu O’Connor A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE May 2012 Copyright 2012 Feng-Cheng Chiu O’Connor |
