The influence of different factors on building

Reza Keihani, Ali Bahadori-Jahromi, Charles Goodchild and Katherine A. Cashell

Abstract

Shear walls are structural members in buildings that are used extensively in reinforced concrete frame buildings, and almost exclusively in the UK, regardless of whether or not they are actually required. In recent years, the UK construction industry, led by the Concrete Centre, has questioned the need for such structural elements in low to mid-rise reinforced concrete frame buildings. In this context, a typical modern, 5-storey residential building is studied, and its existing shear walls are replaced with columns as used elsewhere in the building. The aim is to investigate the impact of several design variables, including concrete grade, column size, column shape and slab thickness, on the building

Key Words

high-rise RC buildings; wind actions; concrete grade; concrete section size; column shape; slab thickness; shear wall

Address

1School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London, London, United Kingdom 2Civil Engineering, School of Computing and Engineering, University of West London, London, United Kingdom 3Principal Structural Engineer, the Concrete Centre, London, United Kingdom 4Structural Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brunel University, London, United Kingdom

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