Multi-purpose High-rise Towers and Tall Buildings. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, H.R. Viswanath, Jurek Tolloczko, J.N. Clarke.
• Editors: Viswanath, H. R; Tolloczko, Jurek; Clarke, J. N
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Scientific Committee; Preface; PART ONE: ARCHITECTURE; 1 Engineering problems and approaches of high-rise buildings in Shenzhen, China; 2 Designing the green skyscraper; 3 Tall building aesthetics: a new style for skyscrapers; 4 Man, environment and tall buildings; 5 A structure for people by people; PART TWO: SERVICES; 6 A tower in the desert: an integrated design approach to facades and technical systems; 7 Facility management systems for new generations of high-rise; 8 Double-deck elevators: savings in time and space 9 Building envelopes of the future10 Lift designs for mega high-rise buildings; 11 Elevator core areas: a comparison with existing structures and those of the future; 12 Joint sealing and air infiltration through cladding in tall buildings; PART THREE: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE; 13 Structural design of high-rise buildings using numerical simulation methods; 14 Research on concrete-filled square steel tubular columns; 15 Bi-steel: a new steel-concrete-steel composite construction system for cores and superframes 16 Deflection models for a leaning tower: experimental results and comparison17 Interaction based analysis of continuous transfer girder system; 18 The use of concrete pumps in the construction of high-rise structures; 19 Substructuring applied to the analysis of tall building structures; 20 Structural behaviour of tall buildings stiffened by outriggered thin walled cores; 21 Ultra-high-strength concrete for high-rise building columns; 22 Review of the first 20 years dynamic performance of a tall office tower: design, model testing and full-scale testing 23 Conquest of vertical space in earthquake country24 Contribution to calculation of lateral loads arising in shear walls of tall buildings; 25 High-rise bridge piers during construction: dynamic response under wind loads -- wind tunnel approaches; PART FOUR: CASE STUDIES; 26 Design and construction of China's tallest building: the Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai; 27 Design in reinforced concrete for environmentally sustainable tall office towers; 28 Ultra-tall hotels particuliers; 29 Structural analysis and design of the world's tallest reinforced concrete building 30 Twin Arch 138 (tower in the Kiso Sansen River Park): design and construction31 Refurbishing vertical space in the 21st century; 32 Structural design and construction of the Central Bank of Kenya Headquarters Complex; 33 The Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur: beneficial use of high strength concrete; 34 The Janus Tower, Hannover; Author Index; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 720/.483; Buildings; Building materials; Architectural drawing -- Detailing; Building; Architectural drawing -- Detailing; Building; Building materials; Buildings; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482272048; 1482272040
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