Introduction

The aim of this exercise is to design forces and displacements for some specified
members of a high rise reinforced concrete office building subjected to vertical as well as
lateral loads. The building is situated in Colombo Seafront.

Design Information

Design Information
Registration Number – PG/E/ST/2019/21
Number of storeys N,
N = Last digit of the registration number
=35+1
=35+1
Specified members,
Frame 1, Column C1 and Beam B1 (for odd registration numbers)

Member sizes

C1 C2 C3 B1 B2 Shear wall Floor slab

900 mmx 750 mmx 650 mmx 750 mmx 650 mmx 350 mm (t) 150 mm (t)
900 mm 750 mm 650 mm 500 mm 500 mm
(Note: In actual practice the member sections will vary with height)

Material properties
E = 20 GPa
s = 24 KN/m3

Loading

Dead Load (In addition to self-weight)

Floor Partitions = 1.5 KN/m2
Finishes = 1.5 KN/m3

Imposed Load
All Floors (except roof) = 3 KN/m2
Roof = 1.5 KN.m2
Wind Pressure (along Y) = 2 KN/m2 – for approximate analysis
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Question 01.
Design axial force for the specified column, and the shear core, at levels N -1, N – 2, N -5
and N – 29 due to gravity loads.

Load Calculation for Column C1

B1

B1 B1
C1 7m

B1
Y

X
8m

Dead Load

Self-weight of slab portion (Gk1) = 0.15 m x 8 m x 7 m x 24 KN/m3 = 201.6 KN

Self-weight of beams (Gk2) = (7+8) m x (0.75-0.15) m x 0.5 m x 24 KN/m3 = 108 KN
Weight from partitions (Gk3) = 1.5 KN/m2 x 8 m x 7 m = 84 KN
Weight from floor finishes (Gk4) = 1.5 KN/m2 x 8 m x 7 m = 84 KN
Self-weight of the column (Gk5) = 0.9 m x 0.9 m x 3.25 m x 24 KN/m3 = 63.18 KN
Therefore total dead load on Nth level = Gk1 + Gk2 + Gk3 + Gk4 + Gk5 = 540.78 KN

Imposed load

Live load = 7 m x 8 m x 3 KN/m2 = 168 KN

Roof load = 7 m x 8 m x 1.5 KN/m2 = 84 KN

Load combinations
Ultimate Limit State = 1.35 x Dead + 1.5 x Imposed
Serviceability limit state = 1 x Dead + 1 x Imposed

Floor Dead Imposed Axial load on column

αn αn x Qk ULS (KN) SLS (KN)
level load (Gk) load (Qk) ULS (KN) SLS (KN)
36 540.78 84 1 84 856.053 624.78 856.05 624.78
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