ADAMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT OF CIVILENGINEERING
STRUCTURAL DESIGN ASSIGNMENT I
Group name id number
[Link] kusa …………………………………………………………ugr/22748/13
Submitted to ;Mr . Yasin
1. There are several high rise buildings in Adama city, choose one G+6 or larger building and
explain the following points using approximate dimensions, pictures & sketches. i. State the
name, specific location & function of the building.
Name of building ; Muse General Hospital
Specific Location; of Adama town, Bole sub city, Dadecha Arara kebele.
Function of the building ; medical building
Figure 1; Muse General Hospital
Figure 2; Muse General Hospital
Top view of muse general hospital
Width = 28m ,length =20
I. Check all the regularity in plan criteria for the building a.
A. incase of our building is rectangular it is symmetric
B. compact plan configuration (no H, I, X shapes) Reentrants in one direction <25% since
Af = 20m*28m = 560𝑚2
Ao=1/2(5*5)=12.5𝑚2
Ao/Af=12.5/560= 0.021428<0.05 regular
[Link]-plane stiffness of floors sufficiently large compared to
stiffness of vertical element (Diaphragm action) respect to
diagragm action Rectangular
[Link] larger and smaller in-plan dimension of the floor measured in
any two orthogonal directions, should be no more than 4.
• Since the ratio of Lx/ly=28/20=1.4<4 this means REGULAR
[Link] the equivalent static seismic force, max. displacement in the direction of seismic
force does not exceed avg. displacement by 20%
since the building satisfy the equivalent static force ,max displacement in the direction of
seismic force it does not exceed avg. displacement .the building is REGULAR
[Link] all the regularity in elevation criteria for the building.
a) All lateral load resisting systems run without interruption from foundation to top all
vertical elements resisting the seismic action (frame,core, structural walls) run without
interruption from foundation to top of building
b) Both lateral stiffness & mass of story's remain constant or reduce gradually without
abrupt changes
Since the building have constant floor to floor height through out the elevation it
is regular.
Since our building structural system is only frame system which is distributed
uniformly through both x and y directions and built from the same material which
have the same stiffness it has uniform lateral stiffness.
c) ratio of actual storey resistance to required resistance should not vary disproportionately
between adjacent storeys.
Since In our building the resistsnce of each storey to lateral force relatively
consistent throughout the height of the building.
d) When setbacks are present, the following additional conditions apply:
III. determine an earthquake analysis method for the building
Incase of our plan are regular and our elevation not [Link] use as the following table
Regularity Simplification Behavior of factor
Plan ;yes Model ; planar
Elevation ;no Analysis ; dynamic Decrease
V. Determine the behavior factor of the building with ductility class medium.
Behavior factor ;g
g = go kD kR kW 0.70
go = basic value of structural response, depends on
structure type go=0.20 for frame system kD = 1.5 for
DC”M”,
kR = 1.25 for irregular structures
• kW = factor reflecting the prevailing failure mode
in structural systems with walls
1.00 for frame and frame equivalent systems
g =0.2*1.5*1.25*1=0.375<0.70
2. There are several high rise buildings in the world, choose two known G+30 or
larger buildings. vi. State the name, location & function of the buildings.
vii. Explain in detail the lateral force resisting systems of the buildings using approximate
dimensions, pictures & sketches of the buildings floor plans & elevations.
Name of tower : Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso upon completion
Location: Madrid, Spain
Function : Office
Number of story : 56
Height above ground : 223m
Basement: -18m
The building’s envelope comprises two separated façade panels; one interior double-
glazed façade as the primary building enclosure and a second single-glass façade element
with a distance of approximately 1 m between each other. As is shown in figure the outer
façade panels are placed in fish-scale pattern and result in an open and permeable layer.
The air can freely circulate in between the mentioned façade layers ventilating this space
when heated by solar radiation. From the structural point of view, it is suggested that the
roughness and permeability reduces the across-wind vibrations induced by vortex-
shedding
The connectivity of the building structure with the basement structure determines
whether or not the building is horizontally supported. Figure show the
connectivity of the buildings with the basement in horizontal plane. When no
specification is given, it concerns structural joints with at least a shear connection. In
either way, the basement floors of each building are not connected to the basement
floors of the adjacent building
The slurry walls around Torre Caja Madrid have been elongated to grade and another
wall has been built next to the property line from the foundation to grade level. This
structure experiences a flexible horizontal support from ground level down to the
foundation level.
The square floor plan at base level has approximate dimensions of 42 m x 42 m. The
floor plan changes progressively towards the top in a quasi-elliptical shape composed
of two arcs of a circle with a radius of 35,6 m. The building has the greatest cross
sectional dimension along the x-axis, as can be seen in figure 5.2-1, being
approximately 59 m. The total building height above grade is approximately 223 m,
while the substructure consists of a six-level basement with a total depth of 18 m.
The vertical structure consists of three reinforced concrete cores with composite or
reinforced concrete columns. One central, relatively large, box-shaped core runs along
the total height of the building and two lateral C-shaped cores reach up to
approximately one-third and two-third of the building height.
Outrigger structure is at two-third of building height used to reduce building sway due to
wind load and reduce bending moment in core.