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Report Descriptor
TITANIA TOWER
PROPOSAL
CIVE1163 – Long Span & High Rise Structures
Department of Civil & Infrastructure Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University,
Melbourne, Australia
A proposal report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Civil &
Infrastructure Engineering; under the supervision of Dr. Saman De Silva
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GRAVITY LOADS
ANALYSIS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................ 4
2. LOADS ................................................................................................................................... 5
A) BEAM ..................................................................................................................................... 7
B) SLAB..................................................................................................................................... 11
C) SHEAR WALL .......................................................................................................................... 13
APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................. 20
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1. Description
a) Design Requirements
Design Element Requirement Achievement in Design
Shear walls will be used in the first 21 floors
of the building. The shear walls do not
To maintain the planning
classify as internal columns as they will serve
flexibility, the structure is to be
Internal Columns to partition the offices and the shops. The
developed without internal
floors from 22 to 60 will be suspended by
columns.
cables, which will be in tension. Internal
columns are not used in this design.
Proposed structural scheme The smallest floor level which is supported
shall ensure minimum loss of by the shear walls is level 22. The floor area
tenable floor area, due to is 2173 square metres. The area taken up by
Dead Area
vertical load resisting elements the vertical load resisting elements is almost
(Structural Area)
(columns, shear walls and core 100 square meters. The percentage of dead
walls), which shall not exceed area to the floor area is 5%.
15% of floor area.
The client wishes to make a The floors 22 to 60 will be suspended by a
statement through the structural cable and truss system. Trusses are located
expression, highlighting the at every 6 to 8 floors. The loads will be
Hung Floor
company policy: “progress transferred from the primary beams directly
Technique
through care and support for our to the cables and the core. The loads will
(Suspended floors)
employees”. It is therefore then be transferred through the cable to the
suggested to adopt a hung floor truss, and finally the load would be
technique. transferred to the core.
b) Challenges in Design
As the floor plates change in size and rotate about its center, and as internal columns are prohibited
in the design, the use and placement of external columns would become a problem. To overcome this
problem another vertical load resisting system is needed. The plan is to located internal shear walls
for the first 21 floors. The shear walls will not be considered as internal columns as they will also have
the purpose to partition shops and offices. The shear walls will be tapered as the floor plates change
size. For floors 22 to 60 a truss and cable system is used, this system will have the floors suspended.
The location and position of the truss was also a challenge. The floor location of the truss had to be
strategic, so that the living space can be at a maximum. As the height of the truss is approximately 8
metres it would have to be accommodated between two floors. It was decided that the truss would be
located at every 6 to 8 floors, in the mechanical, engine floors and the garden floors. The truss is
position in such a way that it doesn’t block the entrances to the central core.
Since the floor plate change in size and rotate, determining the positions of the beams were a
challenge because they would not all be the same for different levels. The span of the secondary and
primary beams varies throughout the building.
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2. Loads
a) Load Path
The building is divided into two vertical resisting elements. The first 21 floors resist the vertical gravity
loads with internal shear walls and the central core. The floors above level 21 up to 60 are suspended
by cables. From figure 2.1 the loads travel through the slab to the secondary beam then the primary
beam, it is then transferred down the shear wall and central core to the foundation. In the truss and
cable system, shown in figure 2.2, the loads are transferred through the slab to the secondary beams
and then are transferred either up the cable or directly down central core. The loads will then be
transferred from the cable to the truss, and then directly down the central core.
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b) Dead Load
c) Live Load
d) Load Combination
Table 1 Design Load and Calculation for different floor level functions
Live Load
Load Combination
Dead Load (G) Load Combination
(ULS)
Area Height (Q) (SLS)
Levels Function
(sqm) (m) Imp. Live
1.35G 1.2G+1.5
SW(kPa) DL Load G+0.7Q (kPa)
(kPa) Q (kPa)
(kPa) (kPa)
60 2162 3.0 M&E 11.2 1.6 5.0 17.2 22.8 16.3
59 2071 5.0 Garden 18.6 1.6 4.0 27.3 30.3 23.0
56 1816 3.3 Residential 12.3 1.6 2.0 18.8 19.7 15.3
29 1465 3.3 Facilities 12.3 1.6 5.0 18.8 24.2 17.4
20 2289 3.5 Office 13.0 1.6 3.0 19.8 22.1 16.7
6 3852 3.5 Entertainment 13.0 1.6 5.0 19.8 25.1 18.1
5 3909 3.5 Shopping 13.0 1.6 4.0 19.8 23.6 17.4
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3. Preliminary Sizes
a) Beam
The beam elements will be reinforced concrete with a characteristic strength of 50 MPa. The width
of all concrete beams will be 2400 mm. This will help in the reduction of the slab span.
Figure 3.1. Level 2 Floor Plan with Secondary Beam Catchment Area (Area 1 = green; Beam = BS1 &
BP1).
The catchment area for the secondary beam shown on figure 1 is 107.4 m2, and the average
catchment length is 4.5 m. As the second level is the largest, 4.5 m will be used as the catchment
length for all the secondary beams from floors 1 to 21, this will simplify the calculation done on
analysing the secondary beams. The average ultimate limit state and serviceability limit state pressure
applied on any level is 22.1 kPa and 16.7 kPa respectively.
The idealization of secondary beam 2 (BS2) is shown below. A uniformly distributed load of 99.45
kN/m is applied to the structure.
99.45 kN/m
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Figure 3.2. Level 2 Secondary Beam 1 (BS1) Idealization.
The tables below shows the summary of the dimensions of the concrete beam used, together with the
applied load, moment and shear force. It also shows the deflection and reinforcement ratio used.
Table 3.1. Level 1-21 Secondary Beam Information.
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The reaction force of 1350 kN on the secondary beam will be applied as a concentrated load on the
corresponding primary beam. The idealization bending moment diagram and shear force of Primary
Beam 1 (BP1) is shown below.
1350 kN 1350 kN
17 m
1350 kN 1350 kN
The table below shows information of the primary beams for the first 21 floors. The primary beams are
catalogued by their span length. Primary beams which span less than 10 metres, only have 1
concentrated load.
Max. M V
Depth Width fc' Load M* V* Deflection
Span
bd2 bd
l(m) d(mm) w(mm) (Mpa) (kN) (kN-m) (kN) (Mpa) (Mpa) Δ (mm)
Note: 1. Despite the floor area changes every floor, the catchment length is assumed to be the
same every level by taking the average catchment length from level 1 to 21.
2. The depth of all the beams is determined by the thumb rule length/25
3. Band beams of width 2.4 metres will be used.
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For floors 22 to 60 the maximum catchment length of a secondary beam is approximately 5.5 metres.
The uniformly distributed load was calculated by multiplying the maximum catchment length together
with the average ultimate and serviceability limit state pressure. The table below summarizes the
information of the secondary beams used in the floors 22 to 60.
Figure 3.10. Level 23 Floor Plan with Secondary Beams (Secondary Beams = green).
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b) Slab
The building will have one-way reinforced concrete slabs. The direction of the one-way slab is shown
in figures below (figure 3.11 & 3.12). As we are using band beams of width 2.4 metres the total span
of the slab will be reduced, resulting in a maximum span of 4 metres for the floor 1 to 21.
Figure 3.11. Level 2 Floor Plan with One Way Slab (One-way slab = red).
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For the floors 22 to 60 the maximum span of the one-way slab is 8.5 metres. Below is a table that
summarizes the span, depth and internal loads of the slabs.
Figure 3.12. Level 23 Floor Plan with One-way Slab (One-way slab = red).
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c) Shear Wall
Figure 3.13 Level 3 Floor Plan with Shear Wall Catchment Area (C.Area 1 = blue; C.Area 2=Purple; and
C.Area 3 = Red)
For level 1 – 21, the gravity lateral system adopted is the combination of Core wall and external and
internal shear wall systems. The external shear wall system follows the shape of the floor which is
getting smaller as the floor level is higher. The internal shear wall connected to the core wall is
designed to reduce the beam span and depth as well as helping in carrying the gravity load. Since the
length of the wall has been determined, the thickness of the wall can be designed using the simplified
method wall given in Clause 11.5 AS3600. The high strength concrete, 80 MPa, for both external and
internal shear wall is also used to minimize the wall thickness and give more space and flexibility for
interior design. The preliminary size calculation can be seen in table 3.6. and 3.7.
Table 3.6. Preliminary Size of External Shear Wall (shown in Figure 3.13 and Catchment Area 1 (C.Area =
1)
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Note: 1. Despite the floor area changes every floor, the catchment area is assumed to be the same
every level by taking the average catchment area from level 1 to 21.
2. The thickness of the wall is calculated by trial and error of wall design formula specified in
AS3600 Clause 11.5 and the eccentricity assumed is tw/6.
Table 3.7. Preliminary Size of Internal Shear Wall (shown in Figure 3.13 and Catchment Area 1 (C.Area =
1)
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4. Transfer Structure (Truss System)
C2
C1
Figure 4.1. Level 52 Floor Plan with Truss Arrangement and Cable Catchment Area (Red line: Truss)
C1 C2
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Table 4.1. Number of Truss System and Details used in Titania Tower
Truss System Set Level Numbers of Floors Supported Average Floor Plates Area (sqm)
1 60 - 53 8 1865
2 52 - 45 8 1336
3 44 - 37 8 1137
4 36 - 29 8 1299
5 28 - 23 6 1731
Figure 4.1 and 4.2 above are the example of the hung floor technique system used to support the
gravity load for floor plate level 22-60. A simply supported truss is connected to the core wall and high
strength steel cables are run from the truss supporting 6 – 8 floor plates below. The gravity load on
each floor is transferred to the steel cables and vertically transferred to the truss for the internal cables
(Fy2) (shown in Figure 4.1). However, since the external cable is inclined (around 10.6o), the tension
force on the cable (T) will exert a Horizontal force which will be transferred to the floor slab (Fx1); while
the vertical force (Fy1) is vertically transferred to the truss as shown in figure 3.2. In general, Titania
tower adopts 5 sets of hung floor technique system and each truss is 8 m height and located on every
garden and Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) floor of the building. For a design purpose, the hung
floor technique located on level 52 – 45 is selected to analyze since it has less truss numbers
compare to level 60 – 53 truss system, thus larger catchment area, and more floors to support
compare to others. The analysis will be performed in SpaceGass in 2D form analysis.
Assumptions:
• To simplify the calculation, the Catchment Area for Cable 1(C.Area 1) and Cable 2 (C.Area2)
are assumed to be the same for all floors (as seen in figure 3.1). The catchment area for
cable 1 and 2 is 31.2 m2 and 98.4 m2
C. Area 1 = 12 m x 2.6 = 31.2 m2
C. Area 2 = 12 m x (5.6 + 2.6) = 98.4 m2
• The Horizontal force exerted due to the inclined of external cable is resisted by an equivalent
horizontal force which is transferred to slab of every floor as seen in figure 2.
• Taking Average: 1. ULS pressure = 22.1 kPa
2. SLS pressure = 17.6 kPa
Fy1 per flor (ULS) = ULS Pressure x C.Area 1 = 22.1 kPa x 31.2 m2 = 686.4 kN per floor
Fy1 per flor (SLS) = SLS Pressure x C.Area 1 = 17.6 kPa x 31.2 m2 = 549.12 kN per floor
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To get the Tension force and Horizontal force acting to the floor slab (Fx), we can apply statics
equilibrium ƩF = 0
ƩFy = 0
o
T cos 10.6 = Fy1
ƩFx = 0
Since the truss supports 8 floors, the total applied tension force at the cable is
Fy1 per flor (ULS) = ULS Pressure x C.Area 1 = 22.1 kPa x 98.4 m2 = 2174.64 kN per floor
Fy1 per flor (SLS) = SLS Pressure x C.Area 1 = 17.6 kPa x 98.4 m2 = 1731.8 kN per floor
To get the Tension force and Horizontal force acting to the floor slab (Fx), we can apply statics
equilibrium ƩF = 0
ƩFy = 0
T = Fy1
Since the truss supports 8 floors, the total applied tension force at the cable is
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b) SpaceGass Analysis
Figure 4.3. Truss (hanger) Idealization in SpaceGass (the load input is serviceability load)
2
Figure 4.5 Rectangular Hollow Section for Truss Cross Section (Ag = 95000 mm )
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Table 4.2. Summary of Design Action and Result of Truss (Hanger) System
Max.
Length Length Height
T1 Fx1 Fy1 T2 Fy2 Deflection Max. Axial Force (P) P/A (MPa)
1 (L1) 2 (L2) (H)
Load (∆)
Case
Compressi Tension Compressi Tension
m m m kN kN kN kN kN mm
on (kN) (kN) on (MPa) (MPa)
ULS 16.9 18.6 8 5586 1028 5491 17397 17397 - 22630 -37768 238.21 -397.56
To avoid high bending moment transferred, the truss system is simply supported connected to the
core wall (as shown in figure 4.3). This connection can be detailed by bolting a cleat plate on the face
of the core wall and fixing the truss on the top of the plates (as seen in figure 4.6). However, this type
of connection will result to a bending moment due to high eccentricity occurred. The reinforcement
bars placed in the shear wall will essentially help in resisting the tension failure due to the bending.
Apart from that, the slab sits on the top chord of the truss aids to prevent the truss from the lateral
torsional buckling of the truss due to slenderness of the members. The bottom chords of the truss can
also be connected to the slab using steel fly bracing.
The truss is made of steel with minimum yield stress is 400 MPa since the member has maximum
stress of 398 MPa (as shown in table 3.2). On the other hand, the cross section of the truss members
can be designed by limiting the deflection to 148.8 m (Lmax/125) and performing a trial and error until
the deflection shown is below the limit. The cross section used for the truss system is RHS
(Rectangular Hollow Section) with Depth: 600 mm; Width: 450 mm; and thickness: 150 mm (Figure
3.5). The reason of the use of rectangular hollow section is due to its more effective area and less
depth required compare to the I-section of Universal Beam or Column. Furthermore, this cross section
shape and dimension will be applied to all truss set systems in the building.
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APPENDIX
STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS
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ELEVATION VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE
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