Author: Mohsin, M E;Sadek, E A
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Mohsin, M E;Sadek, E A
The Structural Engineer, Volume 46, Issue 11, 1968
The paper describes a series of static and dynamic tests which were conducted with two full-scale steel chimneys at the Central Electricity Generating Board, National Tower Testing Station, Cheddar, in the autumn of 1966. D. Sewell
The paper gives details of the distribution of moments and forces induced in the beams and columns of a large, rigid, multi-storey, steel-framed building, due solely to a vertical settlement of any column. The construction is described and a typical frame is chosen and analysed elastically. From this empirical approach a pattern appears to emerge, and it is hoped that this information will be of use to engineers engaged in thc design of such buildings on difficult sites where sizeable differential scttlements may have to be accepted. E. Litton and J.M. Buston
The matrix methods of structural analysis are, by now, well known. However, once large structures, such as the present-day skyscrapers, that consist of a vast number of components, are dealt with, various difficulties arise. Some of these difficulties are due to the fundamental approach to structural problems, while others are due to the speed and storage facilities of contemporary computers. A third group of difficulties is due to the various techniques that may be used in the processes of analysis, iteration, etc. K.I. Majid and D. Anderson