CE591

On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;

1. Explain the basic structural configurations for vertical and lateral load resistance system of high-rise buildings.
2. Describe building services for high-rise buildings.
3. Evaluate the behaviour of high-rise buildings against wind and earthquakes.
4. Analyse and design structural systems of high-rise buildings.

1. Configurations and behaviour of high-rise buildings
2. Review of design of gravity load resisting systems
3. Lateral load resisting systems
4. Building services applicable to high-rise buildings
5. Lateral load analysis; wind and earthquakes, codes of practice
6. Comprehensive structural analysis and design
7. Use of computer software for modelling and analysis

1. Smith, BS and Coull, A 1991, Tall Building Structures, John Wiley.