土建外文翻譯---抗側(cè)向荷載的結(jié)構(gòu)體系

1、<p>　　本科畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)（論文）外文翻譯譯文</p><p>　　學(xué)生姓名： </p><p>　　院 （系）： 機(jī)械工程學(xué)院 </p><p>　　專業(yè)班級(jí)： 土木0702 </p><p>　　指導(dǎo)教師：

2、 </p><p>　　完成日期： 20 年 月 日 </p><p>　　抗側(cè)向荷載的結(jié)構(gòu)體系</p><p>　　Structural Systems to resist lateral loads</p><p>　　作者：Okubo,S. ; Whittier,J. S. ; Wil

3、son,P. E.</p><p>　　起止頁(yè)碼：82～93</p><p>　　出版日期（期刊號(hào)）：TX 78412, PH: 512-232-9216</p><p><b>　　外文翻譯譯文：</b></p><p><b>　　常用的結(jié)構(gòu)體系</b></p><p>

4、　　若已測(cè)出荷載達(dá)數(shù)千萬磅重，那么在高層建筑設(shè)計(jì)中就沒有多少可以進(jìn)行極其復(fù)雜的構(gòu)思余地了。確實(shí)，較好的高層建筑普遍具有構(gòu)思簡(jiǎn)單、表現(xiàn)明晰的特點(diǎn)。</p><p>　　這并不意味著沒有進(jìn)行宏觀構(gòu)思的余地。實(shí)際上，正是因?yàn)橛辛诉@種宏觀的構(gòu)思，新奇的高層建筑體系才得以發(fā)展，可能更重要的是：幾年以前才出現(xiàn)的一些新概念在今天的技術(shù)中已經(jīng)變得平常了。</p><p>　　如果忽略一些與建筑材料密切相關(guān)

5、的概念，高層建筑里最為常用的結(jié)構(gòu)體系便可分為如下幾類：</p><p><b>　　抗彎矩框架。</b></p><p>　　支撐框架，包括偏心支撐框架。</p><p>　　剪力墻，包括鋼板剪力墻。</p><p>　　框架或支撐式筒體結(jié)構(gòu)</p><p><b>　　筒中筒結(jié)構(gòu)。&l

6、t;/b></p><p><b>　　核心交互結(jié)構(gòu)。</b></p><p>　　框格體系或束筒體系。</p><p>　　特別是由于最近趨向于更復(fù)雜的建筑形式，同時(shí)也需要增加剛度以抵抗風(fēng)力和地震力，大多數(shù)高層建筑都具有由框架、支撐構(gòu)架、剪力墻和相關(guān)體系相結(jié)合而構(gòu)成的體系。而且，就較高的建筑物而言，大多數(shù)都是由交互式構(gòu)件組成三維陳列。&

7、lt;/p><p>　　將這些構(gòu)件結(jié)合起來的方法正是高層建筑設(shè)計(jì)方法的本質(zhì)。其結(jié)合方式需要在考慮環(huán)境、功能和費(fèi)用后再發(fā)展，以便提供促使建筑發(fā)展達(dá)到新高度的有效結(jié)構(gòu)。這并不是說富于想象力的結(jié)構(gòu)設(shè)計(jì)就能夠創(chuàng)造出偉大建筑。正相反，有許多例優(yōu)美的建筑僅得到結(jié)構(gòu)工程師適當(dāng)?shù)闹С志捅粍?chuàng)造出來了，然而，如果沒有天賦甚厚的建筑師的創(chuàng)造力的指導(dǎo)，那么，得以發(fā)展的就只能是好的結(jié)構(gòu)，并非是偉大的建筑。無論如何，要想創(chuàng)造出高層建筑真正非凡的

8、設(shè)計(jì)，兩者都需要最好的。</p><p>　　雖然在文獻(xiàn)中通常可以見到有關(guān)這七種體系的全面性討論，但是在這里還值得進(jìn)一步討論，設(shè)計(jì)方法的本質(zhì)貫穿于整個(gè)討論。</p><p><b>　　抗彎矩框架</b></p><p>　　抗彎矩框架也許是低、中高度的建筑中最常用的結(jié)構(gòu)體系，它具有線性水平構(gòu)件和垂直構(gòu)件在接頭處基本剛接的特點(diǎn)。這種框架用作獨(dú)立

9、的體系，或者和其他體系結(jié)合起來使用，以便提供所需要水平荷載抵抗力。對(duì)于較高的高層建筑，可能會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)該本系不宜作為獨(dú)立體系，這是因?yàn)樵趥?cè)向力的作用下難以調(diào)動(dòng)足夠的剛度。</p><p>　　我們可以利用應(yīng)力分析、結(jié)構(gòu)設(shè)計(jì)人軟件或者其他大量合適的計(jì)算機(jī)程序進(jìn)行結(jié)構(gòu)分析。懸臂結(jié)構(gòu)的所謂的門架法分析在當(dāng)今的技術(shù)中無一席之地。</p><p>　　由于柱梁節(jié)點(diǎn)固有柔性，并且由于初步設(shè)計(jì)應(yīng)該力求解決體系

10、的突出弱點(diǎn)，所以在初析中使用框架的中心線尺寸設(shè)計(jì)是常見的。當(dāng)然，在設(shè)計(jì)的后期階段，實(shí)際地評(píng)價(jià)結(jié)點(diǎn)的變形很有必要。</p><p><b>　　支撐框架</b></p><p>　　支撐框架實(shí)際上剛度比抗彎矩框架強(qiáng)，在高層建筑中也得到更廣泛的應(yīng)用。這種體系以其結(jié)點(diǎn)處鉸接或則接的線性水平構(gòu)件、垂直構(gòu)件和斜撐構(gòu)件而具特色，它通常與其他體系共同用于較高的建筑，并且作為一種獨(dú)立

11、的體系用在低、中高度的建筑中。</p><p>　　尤其引人關(guān)注的是，在強(qiáng)震區(qū)使用偏心支撐框架。</p><p>　　此外，可以利用應(yīng)力分析、結(jié)構(gòu)設(shè)計(jì)軟件或一系列二維或三維計(jì)算機(jī)分析程序中的任何一種進(jìn)行結(jié)構(gòu)分析。另外，初步分析中常用中心線尺寸。</p><p><b>　　剪力墻</b></p><p>　　剪力墻在加強(qiáng)

12、結(jié)構(gòu)體系剛性的發(fā)展過程中又前進(jìn)了一步。該體系的特點(diǎn)是具有相當(dāng)薄的，通常是（而不總是）混凝土的構(gòu)件，這種構(gòu)件既可提供結(jié)構(gòu)強(qiáng)度，又可提供建筑物功能上的分隔。</p><p>　　在高層建筑中，剪力墻體系趨向于具有相對(duì)大的高寬比，即與寬度相比，其高度偏大。由于基礎(chǔ)體系缺少拉力，任何一種結(jié)構(gòu)構(gòu)件抗傾覆彎矩的能力都受到體系的寬度和構(gòu)件承受的重力荷載的限制。由于剪力墻寬度狹窄受限，所以需要以某種方式加以擴(kuò)大，以便提從所需的抗

13、傾覆能力。在窗戶需要量小的建筑物外墻中明顯地使用了這種確有所需要寬度的體系。</p><p>　　鋼結(jié)構(gòu)剪力墻通常由混凝土覆蓋層來加強(qiáng)以抵抗失穩(wěn)，這在剪切荷載大的地方已得到應(yīng)用。這種體系實(shí)際上比鋼支撐經(jīng)濟(jì)，對(duì)于使剪切荷載由位于地面正上方區(qū)域內(nèi)比較高的樓層向下移特別有效。這種體系還具有延性高的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，這種特性在強(qiáng)震區(qū)特別重要。</p><p>　　由于這些墻內(nèi)必然出同一些大孔，使得剪力墻體系分

14、析變得錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜?？?lt;/p><p>　　通過桁架模似法、有限元法，或者通過利用為考慮剪力墻的交互作用或扭轉(zhuǎn)功能設(shè)計(jì)的專門計(jì)處理程序進(jìn)行初步分析</p><p>　　框架或支撐式筒體結(jié)構(gòu)：</p><p>　　框架或支撐式筒體最先應(yīng)用于IBM公司在匹茲堡的一幢辦公樓，隨后立即被應(yīng)用于紐約雙子座的110層世界貿(mào)易中心摩天大樓和其他的建筑中。這種系統(tǒng)有以下幾個(gè)顯著的特征：

15、三維結(jié)構(gòu)、支撐式結(jié)構(gòu)、或由剪力墻形成的一個(gè)性質(zhì)上差不多是圓柱體的閉合曲面，但又有任意的平面構(gòu)成。由于這些抵抗側(cè)向荷載的柱子差不多都被設(shè)置在整個(gè)系統(tǒng)的中心，所以整體的慣性得到提高，剛度也是很大的。</p><p>　　在可能的情況下，通過三維概念的應(yīng)用、二維的類比，我們可以進(jìn)行筒體結(jié)構(gòu)的分析。不管應(yīng)用那種方法，都必須考慮剪力滯后的影響。</p><p>　　這種最先在航天器結(jié)構(gòu)中研究的剪力滯

16、后出現(xiàn)后，對(duì)筒體結(jié)構(gòu)的剛度是一個(gè)很大的限制。這種觀念已經(jīng)影響了筒體結(jié)構(gòu)在60層以上建筑中的應(yīng)用。設(shè)計(jì)者已經(jīng)開發(fā)出了很多的技術(shù)，用以減小剪力滯后的影響，這其中最有名的是桁架的應(yīng)用。框架或支撐式筒體在40層或稍高的建筑中找到了自己的用武之地。除了一些美觀的考慮外，桁架幾乎很少涉及與外墻聯(lián)系的每個(gè)建筑功能，而懸索一般設(shè)置在機(jī)械的地板上，這就令機(jī)械體系設(shè)計(jì)師們很不贊成。但是，作為一個(gè)性價(jià)比較好的結(jié)構(gòu)體系，桁架能充分發(fā)揮它的性能，所以它會(huì)得到設(shè)計(jì)

17、師們持續(xù)的支持。由于其最佳位置正取決于所提供的桁架的數(shù)量，因此很多研究已經(jīng)試圖完善這些構(gòu)件的位置。實(shí)驗(yàn)表明：由于這種結(jié)構(gòu)體系的經(jīng)濟(jì)性并不十分受桁架位置的影響，所以這些桁架的位置主要取決于機(jī)械系統(tǒng)的完善，審美的要求，</p><p><b>　　筒中筒結(jié)構(gòu)：</b></p><p>　　筒體結(jié)構(gòu)系統(tǒng)能使外墻中的柱具有靈活性，用以抵抗傾覆和剪切力?！巴仓型病边@個(gè)名字顧名思

18、義就是在建筑物的核心承重部分又被包圍了第二層的一系列柱子，它們被當(dāng)作是框架和支撐筒來使用。配置第二層柱的目的是增強(qiáng)抗顛覆能力和增大側(cè)移剛度。這些筒體具有不同的特點(diǎn)，也就是說，有些筒體是框架結(jié)構(gòu)的，而有些筒體是用來支撐的。</p><p>　　在考慮這種筒體時(shí)，清楚的認(rèn)識(shí)和區(qū)別變形的剪切和彎曲分量是很重要的，這源于對(duì)梁的對(duì)比分析。在結(jié)構(gòu)筒中，剪切構(gòu)件的偏角和柱、縱梁（例如：結(jié)構(gòu)筒中的網(wǎng)等）的彎曲有關(guān)，同時(shí)，彎曲構(gòu)件

19、的偏角取決于柱子的軸心壓縮和延伸（例如：結(jié)構(gòu)筒的邊緣等）。在支撐筒中，剪切構(gòu)件的偏角和對(duì)角線的軸心變形有關(guān)，而彎曲構(gòu)件的偏角則與柱子的軸心壓縮和延伸有關(guān)。</p><p>　　根據(jù)梁的對(duì)比分析，如果平面保持原形（例如：厚樓板），那么外層筒中柱的軸心壓力就會(huì)與中心筒柱的軸心壓力相差甚遠(yuǎn)，而且穩(wěn)定的大于中心筒。但是在筒中筒結(jié)構(gòu)的設(shè)計(jì)中，當(dāng)發(fā)展到極限時(shí)，內(nèi)部軸心壓力會(huì)很高的，甚至遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)大于外部的柱子。這種反常的現(xiàn)象是由于

20、兩種體系中的剪切構(gòu)件的剛度不同。這很容易去理解，內(nèi)筒可以看成是一個(gè)支撐（或者說是剪切剛性的）筒，而外筒可以看成是一個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)（或者說是剪切彈性的）筒。</p><p><b>　　核心交互式結(jié)構(gòu)：</b></p><p>　　核心交互式結(jié)構(gòu)屬于兩個(gè)筒與某些形式的三維空間框架相配合的筒中筒特殊情況。事實(shí)上，這種體系常用于那種外筒剪切剛度為零的結(jié)構(gòu)。位于Pittsburgh的

21、美國(guó)鋼鐵大樓證實(shí)了這種體系是能很好的工作的。在核心交互式結(jié)構(gòu)中，內(nèi)筒是一個(gè)支撐結(jié)構(gòu)，外筒沒有任何剪切剛度，而且兩種結(jié)構(gòu)體系能通過一個(gè)空間結(jié)構(gòu)或“帽”式結(jié)構(gòu)共同起作用。需要指出的是，如果把外部的柱子看成是一種從“帽”到基礎(chǔ)的直線體系，這將是不合適的；根據(jù)支撐核心的彈性曲線，這些柱子只發(fā)揮了剛度的15%。同樣需要指出的是，內(nèi)柱中與側(cè)向力有關(guān)的軸向力沿筒高度由拉力變?yōu)閴毫Γ瑫r(shí)變化點(diǎn)位于筒高度的約5/8處。當(dāng)然，外柱也傳遞相同的軸向力，這種軸

22、向力低于作用在整個(gè)柱子高度的側(cè)向荷載，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)體系的剪切剛度接近于零。</p><p>　　把內(nèi)外筒相連接的空間結(jié)構(gòu)、懸臂梁或桁架經(jīng)常遵照一些規(guī)范來布置。美國(guó)電話電報(bào)總局就是一個(gè)布置交互式構(gòu)件的生動(dòng)例子。</p><p>　　結(jié)構(gòu)體系長(zhǎng)59.7米，寬28.6米，高183.3米。</p><p>　　布置了兩個(gè)筒，每個(gè)筒的尺寸是9.4米×12.2米，在長(zhǎng)方向

23、上有27.4米的間隔。</p><p>　　在短方向上內(nèi)筒被支撐起來，但是在長(zhǎng)方向上沒有剪切剛度。</p><p>　　環(huán)繞著建筑物布置了一個(gè)外筒。</p><p>　　外筒是一個(gè)瞬時(shí)抵抗結(jié)構(gòu)，但是在每個(gè)長(zhǎng)方向的中心15.2米都沒有剪切剛度。</p><p>　　在建筑的頂部布置了一個(gè)空間桁架構(gòu)成的“帽式”結(jié)構(gòu)。</p><

24、;p>　　在建筑的底部布置了一個(gè)相似的空間桁架結(jié)構(gòu)。</p><p>　　由于外筒的剪切剛度在建筑的底部接近零，整個(gè)建筑基本上由兩個(gè)鋼板筒來支持。</p><p>　　框格體系或束筒體系結(jié)構(gòu)：</p><p>　　位于美國(guó)芝加哥的西爾斯大廈是箱式結(jié)構(gòu)的經(jīng)典之作，它由九個(gè)相互獨(dú)立的筒組成的一個(gè)集中筒。由于西爾斯大廈包括九個(gè)幾乎垂直的筒，而且筒在平面上無須相似，基

25、本的結(jié)構(gòu)體系在不規(guī)則形狀的建筑中得到特別的應(yīng)用。一些單個(gè)的筒高于建筑一點(diǎn)或很多是很常見的。事實(shí)上，這種體系的重要特征就在于它既有堅(jiān)固的一面，也有脆弱的一面。</p><p>　　這種體系的脆弱，特別是在結(jié)構(gòu)筒中，與柱子的壓縮變形有很大的關(guān)系，柱子的壓縮變形有下式計(jì)算：</p><p><b>　　△=ΣfL/E</b></p><p>　　對(duì)于

26、那些層高為3.66米左右和平均壓力為138MPa的建筑，在荷載作用下每層柱子的壓縮變形為15（12）/29000或1.9毫米。在第50層柱子會(huì)壓縮94毫米，小于它未受壓的長(zhǎng)度。這些柱子在50層的時(shí)候和100層的時(shí)候的變形是不一樣的，位于這兩種體系之間接近于邊緣的那些柱需要使這種不均勻的變形得以調(diào)解。</p><p>　　主要的結(jié)構(gòu)工作都集中在結(jié)構(gòu)布置中。在墨爾本的里亞爾托項(xiàng)目中，結(jié)構(gòu)工程師發(fā)現(xiàn)至少有一幢建筑，很有

27、必要垂直預(yù)壓高度低的柱子，以便調(diào)解柱的不均勻變形差，使其變形相接近。調(diào)解的方法是通過后張法，將較短的柱的重量轉(zhuǎn)移到較高的鄰柱上。</p><p><b>　　英文原文：</b></p><p>　　Commonly Used structural System</p><p>　　With loads measured in tens of t

28、housands kips, there is little room in the design of high-rise buildings for excessively complex thoughts. Indeed, the better high-rise buildings carry the universal traits of simplicity of thought and clarity of express

29、ion.</p><p>　　It does not follow that there is no room for grand thoughts. Indeed, it is with such grand thoughts that the new family of high-rise buildings has evolved. Perhaps more important, the new conce

30、pts of but a few years ago have become commonplace in today’ s technology.</p><p>　　Omitting some concepts that are related strictly to the materials of construction, the most commonly used structural system

31、s used in high-rise buildings can be categorized as follows:</p><p>　　Moment-resisting frames.</p><p>　　Braced frames, including eccentrically braced frames.</p><p>　　Shear walls, i

32、ncluding steel plate shear walls.</p><p>　　Framed or braced tube structures.</p><p>　　Tube-in-tube structures.</p><p>　　Core-interactive structures.</p><p>　　Cellular o

33、r bundled-tube systems.</p><p>　　Particularly with the recent trend toward more complex forms, but in response also to the need for increased stiffness to resist the forces from wind and earthquake, most hig

34、h-rise buildings have structural systems built up of combinations of frames, braced bents, shear walls, and related systems. Further, for the taller buildings, the majorities are composed of interactive elements in three

35、-dimensional arrays.</p><p>　　The method of combining these elements is the very essence of the design process for high-rise buildings. These combinations need evolve in response to environmental, functional

36、, and cost considerations so as to provide efficient structures that provoke the architectural development to new heights. This is not to say that imaginative structural design can create great architecture. To the contr

37、ary, many examples of fine architecture have been created with only moderate support from the structura</p><p>　　While comprehensive discussions of these seven systems are generally available in the literatu

38、re, further discussion is warranted here .The essence of the design process is distributed throughout the discussion.</p><p>　　Moment-Resisting Frames</p><p>　　Perhaps the most commonly used sys

39、tem in low-to medium-rise buildings, the moment-resisting frame, is characterized by linear horizontal and vertical members connected essentially rigidly at their joints. Such frames are used as a stand-alone system or i

40、n combination with other systems so as to provide the needed resistance to horizontal loads. In the taller of high-rise buildings, the system is likely to be found inappropriate for a stand-alone system, this because of

41、the difficulty in mobilizi</p><p>　　Analysis can be accomplished by STRESS, STRUDL, or a host of other appropriate computer programs; analysis by the so-called portal method of the cantilever method has no p

42、lace in today’s technology.</p><p>　　Because of the intrinsic flexibility of the column/girder intersection, and because preliminary designs should aim to highlight weaknesses of systems, it is not unusual t

43、o use center-to-center dimensions for the frame in the preliminary analysis. Of course, in the latter phases of design, a realistic appraisal in-joint deformation is essential.</p><p>　　Braced Frames</p&g

44、t;<p>　　The braced frame, intrinsically stiffer than the moment –resisting frame, finds also greater application to higher-rise buildings. The system is characterized by linear horizontal, vertical, and diagonal m

45、embers, connected simply or rigidly at their joints. It is used commonly in conjunction with other systems for taller buildings and as a stand-alone system in low-to medium-rise buildings.</p><p>　　While the

46、 use of structural steel in braced frames is common, concrete frames are more likely to be of the larger-scale variety.</p><p>　　Of special interest in areas of high seismicity is the use of the eccentric br

47、aced frame.</p><p>　　Again, analysis can be by STRESS, STRUDL, or any one of a series of two –or three dimensional analysis computer programs. And again, center-to-center dimensions are used commonly in the

48、preliminary analysis.</p><p>　　Shear walls</p><p>　　The shear wall is yet another step forward along a progression of ever-stiffer structural systems. The system is characterized by relatively t

49、hin, generally (but not always) concrete elements that provide both structural strength and separation between building functions.</p><p>　　In high-rise buildings, shear wall systems tend to have a relativel

50、y high aspect ratio, that is, their height tends to be large compared to their width. Lacking tension in the foundation system, any structural element is limited in its ability to resist overturning moment by the width o

51、f the system and by the gravity load supported by the element. Limited to a narrow overturning, One obvious use of the system, which does have the needed width, is in the exterior walls of building, where the requ</p&

52、gt;<p>　　Structural steel shear walls, generally stiffened against buckling by a concrete overlay, have found application where shear loads are high. The system, intrinsically more economical than steel bracing, i

53、s particularly effective in carrying shear loads down through the taller floors in the areas immediately above grade. The sys tem has the further advantage of having high ductility a feature of particular importance in a

54、reas of high seismicity.</p><p>　　The analysis of shear wall systems is made complex because of the inevitable presence of large openings through these walls. Preliminary analysis can be by truss-analogy, by

55、 the finite element method, or by making use of a proprietary computer program designed to consider the interaction, or coupling, of shear walls.</p><p>　　Framed or Braced Tubes Structures</p><p&g

56、t;　　The concept of the framed or braced or braced tube erupted into the technology with the IBM Building in Pittsburgh, but was followed immediately with the twin 110-story towers of the World Trade Center, New York and

57、a number of other buildings .The system is characterized by three –dimensional frames, braced frames, or shear walls, forming a closed surface more or less cylindrical in nature, but of nearly any plan configuration. Bec

58、ause those columns that resist lateral forces are placed as far </p><p>　　The analysis of tubular structures is done using three-dimensional concepts, or by two- dimensional analogy, where possible, whicheve

59、r method is used, it must be capable of accounting for the effects of shear lag.</p><p>　　The presence of shear lag, detected first in aircraft structures, is a serious limitation in the stiffness of framed

60、tubes. The concept has limited recent applications of framed tubes to the shear of 60 stories. Designers have developed various techniques for reducing the effects of shear lag, most noticeably the use of belt trusses. T

61、his system finds application in buildings perhaps 40stories and higher. However, except for possible aesthetic considerations, belt trusses interfere with nearly e</p><p>　　Tube-in-Tube Structures</p>

62、<p>　　The tubular framing system mobilizes every column in the exterior wall in resisting over-turning and shearing forces. The term‘tube-in-tube’is largely self-explanatory in that a second ring of columns, the ri

63、ng surrounding the central service core of the building, is used as an inner framed or braced tube. The purpose of the second tube is to increase resistance to over turning and to increase lateral stiffness. The tubes ne

64、ed not be of the same character; that is, one tube could be framed, whil</p><p>　　In considering this system, is important to understand clearly the difference between the shear and the flexural components o

65、f deflection, the terms being taken from beam analogy. In a framed tube, the shear component of deflection is associated with the bending deformation of columns and girders (i.e, the webs of the framed tube) while the fl

66、exural component is associated with the axial shortening and lengthening of columns (i.e, the flanges of the framed tube). In a braced tube, the shear comp</p><p>　　Following beam analogy, if plane surfaces

67、remain plane (i.e, the floor slabs),then axial stresses in the columns of the outer tube, being farther form the neutral axis, will be substantially larger than the axial stresses in the inner tube. However, in the tube-

68、in-tube design, when optimized, the axial stresses in the inner ring of columns may be as high, or even higher, than the axial stresses in the outer ring. This seeming anomaly is associated with differences in the sheari

69、ng component of st</p><p>　　Core Interactive Structures</p><p>　　Core interactive structures are a special case of a tube-in-tube wherein the two tubes are coupled together with some form of thr

70、ee-dimensional space frame. Indeed, the system is used often wherein the shear stiffness of the outer tube is zero. The United States Steel Building, Pittsburgh, illustrates the system very well. Here, the inner tube is

71、a braced frame, the outer tube has no shear stiffness, and the two systems are coupled if they were considered as systems passing in a straight line fr</p><p>　　The space structures of outrigger girders or t

72、russes, that connect the inner tube to the outer tube, are located often at several levels in the building. The AT&T headquarters is an example of an astonishing array of interactive elements:</p><p>　　T

73、he structural system is 94 ft (28.6m) wide, 196ft(59.7m) long, and 601ft (183.3m) high.</p><p>　　Two inner tubes are provided, each 31ft(9.4m) by 40 ft (12.2m), centered 90 ft (27.4m) apart in the long dire

74、ction of the building.</p><p>　　The inner tubes are braced in the short direction, but with zero shear stiffness in the long direction.</p><p>　　A single outer tube is supplied, which encircles

75、the building perimeter.</p><p>　　The outer tube is a moment-resisting frame, but with zero shear stiffness for the center50ft (15.2m) of each of the long sides.</p><p>　　A space-truss hat struct

76、ure is provided at the top of the building.</p><p>　　A similar space truss is located near the bottom of the building</p><p>　　The entire assembly is laterally supported at the base on twin stee

77、l-plate tubes, because the shear stiffness of the outer tube goes to zero at the base of the building.</p><p>　　Cellular structures</p><p>　　A classic example of a cellular structure is the Sear

78、s Tower, Chicago, a bundled tube structure of nine separate tubes. While the Sears Tower contains nine nearly identical tubes, the basic structural system has special application for buildings of irregular shape, as the

79、several tubes need not be similar in plan shape, It is not uncommon that some of the individual tubes one of the strengths and one of the weaknesses of the system.</p><p>　　This special weakness of this syst

80、em, particularly in framed tubes, has to do with the concept of differential column shortening. The shortening of a column under load is given by the expression</p><p><b>　　△=ΣfL/E</b></p>

81、<p>　　For buildings of 12 ft (3.66m) floor-to-floor distances and an average compressive stress of 15 ksi (138MPa), the shortening of a column under load is 15 (12)(12)/29,000 or 0.074in (1.9mm) per story. At 50 st

82、ories, the column will have shortened to 3.7 in. (94mm) less than its unstressed length. Where one cell of a bundled tube system is, say, 50stories high and an adjacent cell is, say, 100stories high, those columns near t

83、he boundary between .the two systems need to have this differential defl</p><p>　　Major structural work has been found to be needed at such locations. In at least one building, the Rialto Project, Melbourne,

84、 the structural engineer found it necessary to vertically pre-stress the lower height columns so as to reconcile the differential deflections of columns in close proximity with the post-tensioning of the shorter column s