Nonlinear stiffness design optimization of tall reinforced concrete buildings under service loads

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 978-990

  Chan, Chun Man ^a   Wang, Qian ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Buildings, high rise; Concrete structures; Cracking; Displacement; Nonlinear analysis; Optimization; Serviceability

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CRACK INITIATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; STIFFNESS; TALL BUILDINGS;

DISPLACEMENT; INTERSTORY DRIFT; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SERVICEABILITY;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 33646747224     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2006)132:6(978)     Document Type: Article

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