Introduction:

• The project assumed to build a 6-story building in structural steel in Tucson, AZ.

• Handled steel frame design and considered lateral force.

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Details:

1. Structural frame design

Portal method was used to analyze beams and columns moment from top to bottom. (Fig.2-1, 2-2 & 2-3)

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(Fig.2-1 &2-2 Beam & Column Moment)

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(Fig.2-3 Frame Moment)

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   2. Lateral force analysis

 

Checked the displacement under lateral force in COMSOL (a finite element software).

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(Fig.2-4 Frame displacement under wind load)   

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(Fig.2-5 Frame displacement under wind+gravity+live load)

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