Tall Buildings Detailed Syllabus for Structural Engineering M.Tech first year first sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.<\/p>\n
The detailed syllabus for Tall Buildings M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year first sem is as follows.<\/p>\n
M.Tech. I Year I Sem.<\/p>\n
Course Objective:<\/strong> To impart knowledge on analysis of tall buildings.<\/p>\n Course Outcomes :<\/strong> The learner will be able to analyse and chose a appropriate systems for tall buildings.<\/p>\n Unit-I : Introduction :<\/strong> Evolution of tall buildings – Classification of Buildings \u2013 Low-rise, medium-rise, highrise \u2013 Ordinary framed buildings & Shear-wall buildings \u2013Behaviour of buildings under lateral loads like Wind loads, Earthquake loads & Blast loads \u2013 Basic structural & functional design requirements \u2013 Strength, Stiffness & Stability.<\/p>\n Unit-II : Lateral load resisting elements :<\/strong> Frames, Shear walls & Tubes \u2013 Shear, Bending & combine modes of deformation \u2013 Structural behavior of Rigid frames \u2013 Simplified methods of analysis \u2013 Substitute frame method, Portal method, Cantilever method, Equivalent frame method \u2013Structural behaviour of Shear walls \u2013 Approaches of analysis \u2013 Elastic continuum approach & Discrete approach — Structural behavior of Tubes \u2013Actions.<\/p>\n Unit-III : Choice of System for a Building:<\/strong> Frame building, Shear wall building, Shear walls acting with frames, Single framed tubes \u2013 Other structural forms \u2013 Staggered Wall-beam system, Tube-in-tub system, Base isolation technique for earthquake resistance. Load distribution in a tall building \u2013 Load resisted by different shear walls & frames \u2013 Determinate & Indeterminate problems \u2013 Equivalent Stiffness method.<\/p>\n Unit-IV : Methods of Analysis:<\/strong> Shear walls without Openings \u2013 Estimation of Stiffness by simple Cantilever theory & Deep beam theory \u2013 Shear walls with Openings \u2013 Equivalent frame for large openings \u2013 Muto\u2019s method for small openings \u2013Elastic Continuum approach \u2013 Coull & Chowdhry\u2019s method \u2013 Design Charts \u2013 Limitations of Continuum approach. Shear wall- Frame Interaction: Sharing of loads between wall & frame – Different methods \u2013 comparison — Khan & Sbrounis\u2019 method \u2013 Design charts – – Mac Leod\u2019s method – Advantages & limitations — Cooperation of Floor slabs \u2013 Equivalent width.<\/p>\n Unit-V : Modern Methods:<\/strong> Analysis of Tall buildings by Stiffness method \u2013 Available Softwares for analysis of tall buildings.<\/p>\n TEXT BOOKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n REFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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