Computational Mechanics Tools

Final Project - Building subjected to Wind Loads Year: 2013-14

Due date: January 17th, 2014

The aim of this project is to analyze the static and dynamic response of the two-store
building given in Figure 1 under the two loading conditions illustrated in Figure 2.
IP E550 IP E360

HEB300 HEB300 HEB240

3.5m
IP E550 IP E360

HEB300 HEB300 HEB240

4.5m
IP E550 IP E360

HEB300 HEB300 HEB240 4.5m

7.5m 4.5m

Figure 1: Geometry and beam profiles in the two-store building.

1. Static analysis:
(a) Generate the building geometry with the given beam profiles.
(b) Analyze the resulting deformations, axial stresses and bending moments re-
sulting after applying the loading cases 1 (wind + point load) and 2 (wind +
distributed load), and with different support conditions (hinged/clamped) at
the base of the columns.
The value of the distributed load f is computed by using the following formula:
f = dl qdl + ll qll
where the nominal loads qdl and qll , and the security factors dl and ll are
given in Table 1.
Comment on which one of the loading cases and support conditions may be
more critical.
2. Dynamic analysis: The frequency of the wind load is estimated to be below 2Hz.
Determine whether this value may affect the dynamic response of the building for
the different support conditions of the columns.
v1 s3 v2 s3 v1 s3 v2 s3

F1 F2 f
v1 s2 v2 s2 v1 s2 v2 s2

F1 F2 f
v1 s1 v2 s1 v1 s1 v2 s1

(a) Case 1 (b) Case 2

Figure 2: Loads considered in cases 1 and 2.

Loads
Point Load F1 = 324 kN F2 = 194.4 kN
Distributed load qdl = 14.40 kN/m qll = 28.80 kN/m
dl = 1.35 ll = 1.5
Wind Loading v1 = 0.80 km/s v2 = 0.50 km/s
s1 = 48.60 s2 = 28.08 s3 = 11.88

Table 1: Values of the loading parameters