Application of knee-bracing system on high-rise buildings

The need and ambition of humanity to go higher and higher is something that is amplified as time evolves. It is the same need that leads engineers to push their structures to higher limits. However, when engineers design higher structures their knowledge and their abilities are challenged. In that sense, during the design process of a high-rise building all the strange phenomenon of the behavior of the structure must be considered. A very significant factor that affects the limits of today's high-rise construction is the wind loading. Bracing the building in a clever and more efficient way was always a difficult task for designers and engineers. This thesis deals with a bracing system called the knee-bracing system. The application of knee-bracing system for high-rise buildings is not yet fully determined and this study will try to describe the problem and provide some solutions. Knee-bracing will be checked and the possibility of providing the required results using the minimum amount of material and giving the maximum space for use from the residents or workers of the building will be examined.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Gerasimidis, Symeon

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Jerome J. Connor.

• Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35079

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/35079