Investigation of wind actions on core-walls in high-rise buildings

• Main Author: Ong, Jing Yuan
• Other Authors: Tan Kang Hai
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64370
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The objective of this report is to study the wind effects on the design of a lateral load resisting system reinforced concrete (RC) core-wall in high-rise buildings both analytically and numerically. A numerical model was constructed with the aid of commercial software ETABS. The prototype building...