| Vol. - No. | Vol.6 - No.1 |
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| Date | Mar., 2017 |
| Title | Effect of Outriggers on Differential Column Shortening in Tall Buildings |
| Author | Han-Soo Kim |
| Institutions | Department of Architectural Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea |
| Abstract |
Special consideration should be given to differential column shortening during the design and construction of a tall building to mitigate the adverse effects caused by such shortening. The effects of the outrigger – which is conventionally used to increase the lateral stiffness of a tall building – on the differential shortening are investigated in this study. Three analysis models, a constant-section, constant-stress, and general model, are prepared, and the differential shortenings of these models with and without the outrigger are compared. The effects of connection time, sectional area, and location of the outrigger on the differential shortening are studied. The sectional area of the outrigger shows a non-linear relation in reducing the maximum differential shortening. The optimum locations of the single and dual outriggers are investigated by an exhaustive search method, and it is confirmed that a global optimum location exists. This study shows that the outrigger can be utilized to reduce the differential shortening between the interior core wall and the perimeter columns as well as to reduce the lateral displacements due to wind or earthquake loads. |
| Keyword | Column shortening, Tall buildings, Outrigger, Creep and shrinkage, Optimum location |
| PP. | PP.91~99 |