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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

SUBJECT CODE: CE6015 YEAR: IV


SUBJECT NAME: TALL BUILDINGS SEM : VIII

QUESTION BANK
(As per Anna University 2013 Regulation)

UNIT 1- DESIGN CRITERIA AND MATERIALS

Development of High Rise Structures - General Planning Considerations – Design philosophies -


Materials used for Construction - High Strength Concrete - High Performance Concrete - Self
Compacting Concrete - Glass - High Strength Steel.
PART A

BT COMPETENCE
Q.NO QUESTIONS
LEVEL
1. What is the effect of Gravity loading on tall buildings? BT-1 Remember
2. Distinguish between static and dynamic approach.. BT-1 Remember
3. Mention the applications of high performance concrete. BT-1 Remember
4. What do you mean by sequential loading. BT-1 Remember
What is meant by live load reduction? How can it be incorporated Remember
5. BT-1
in analysis
Difference between time history analysis and response spectrum Remember
6. BT-1
method of analysis.
7. Classification on tall buildings. BT-2 Understand
8. Definition of a tall building BT-2 Understand
9. Material used for High rise building construction. BT-2 Understand
10. Advantages of self compacting concrete. BT-2 Understand
11. Development of High Rise Structure. BT-3 Apply
12. Development of High Rise Architecture. BT-3 Apply
13. Material used in High performance concrete. BT-3 Apply

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14. Explain the sub systems and components.. BT-4 Analyze
15. Explain the most commonly used structural system? BT-4 Analyze
16. Application of self-compacting concrete. BT-4 Analyze
17. Explain moment resisting frame BT-5 Evaluate
18. Explain about self compacting concrete BT-5 Evaluate
Compare the Stress Strain graph for ordinary steel bars and Create
19. BT-6
HYSD steel bars
20. What is damping BT-6 Create

PART B

BT COMPETENCE
Q.NO QUESTIONS
LEVEL
1. (i)Comment on the characteristic and uses of fibre reinforced BT-1 Remember
concrete. (9)
(ii)What are the advantages of light weight concrete.
(7)
2. ((i)Sustained load?(8) BT-1 Remember
(ii)Extraordinary load? (8)
3. (i)Sequential Loading. (8) BT-1 Remember
(ii)Earthquake loading (8)
4. Describe the method of calculating gravity loading,Wind load and BT-1 Remember
earthquake load .Give examples in each case.
5. Discuss on loading in tall building with emphasis on sequential BT-2 Understand
loading earth quake loading and wind loading.
6. What are the various design philosophies? Narrate the evolution BT-2 Understand
of one from the other with proper consideration of their merits and
demerits.
7. Explain briefly general planning considerations of tall building BT-2 Understand

8. Explain briefly development of High Rise Structure. BT-3 Apply


9. Explain self-compacting concrete guide line and specification BT-3 Apply
development in Euro code.

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10. Describe materials used in high performance concrete. BT-4 Analyze


11. Explain briefly the most common structural system. BT-4 Analyze

12. BT-4 Analyze


Differentiate between high performance concrete and high
strength concrete explain briefly.
13. Explain tall building behavior during earth quake BT-5 Evaluate
14. Explain briefly philosophy of earthquake Design BT-6 Create

UNIT II- LOADINGS

Gravity loading – Dead Load – Live load- Live load reduction technique – Impact load-
construction load - Sequential Loading. Lateral Loading-Wind load-Earthquake Load-
Combination of Loads
PART A

BT COMPETENCE
Q.NO QUESTIONS
LEVEL
1. Define Gravity Load BT-1 Remember
2. Define Live Load Reduction BT-1 Remember
3. Define damping BT-1 Remember
4. Explain some basic bracing system. BT-1 Remember
5. Explain the static pressure distribution on a building BT-1 Remember
6. Explain earthquake loading BT-1 Remember
7. Define Modal analysis BT-2 Understand
8. Explain the combinations of loading BT-2 Understand
9. What is the effect of wind loading on Tall building. BT-2 Understand
10. State the factors which affect the growth and height of structures. BT-2 Understand
11. List the various reduction techniques BT-3 Apply
12. Types of wind load BT-3 Apply
13. Explain circulation of worlds winds BT-3 Apply
14. Write the equation of mean wind speed? BT-4 Analyze

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15. Define impact load BT-4 Analyze
16. Define Sequential Loading BT-4 Analyze
17. Types of damping BT-5 Evaluate
18. Write the load combinations BT-5 Evaluate
19. Explain Gust Factor method BT-6 Create
20. Advantages and Disadvantages of modal analysis BT-6 Create

PART B

BT COMPETENCE
Q.NO QUESTIONS
LEVEL
1. Explain briefly gravity loading on tall building BT-1 Remember
2. BT-1 Remember
Explain briefly the Live load reduction technique on tall building

3. Describe the method of calculating gravity loading,Wind load and BT-1 Remember
earthquake load .Give examples in each case.
4. BT-1 Remember
5. BT-2 Understand
Discuss on loading in tall building with emphasis on sequential
loading earth quake loading and wind loading
6. Explain the term of((i)Sustained load?(8) BT-2 Understand
(ii)Extraordinary load? (8)
7. Write short notes on (i)Sequential Loading. (8) BT-2 Understand
(ii)Earthquake loading (8)
8. Draw static pressure distribution on a building briefly. BT-3 Apply
9. Explain the load combinations of Earthquake in X and Y BT-3 Apply
direction
10. Define live load reduction ? How can it be incorporated in BT-4 Analyze
analysis
11. What are the different types of structural systems? Explain the BT-4 Analyze
performance of the different structures under lateral loading?
BT-5 Evaluate
Describe the method of calculating earthquake load and
12.
Sequential loading? Give examples in each case.

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13 Explain tall building behavior during earth quake BT-6 Create

14. Explain briefly philosophy of earthquake Design BT-4 Analyze

UNIT 3- BEHAVIOUR OF VARIOUS STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS


Factors affecting growth, Height and Structural form - High rise behaviour of Various structural
systems - Rigid frames, braced frames, Infilled frames - shear walls, coupled shear walls wall-
frames, tubular structures - cores, outrigger- braced and hybrid mega systems

PART A

BT COMPETENCE
Q.NO QUESTIONS
LEVEL
1. What are called in filled frames? BT-1 Remember
2. Brief the significance of shear walls. BT-1 Remember
3. Difference between shear wall and coupled shear wall BT-1 Remember
4. Sketch a typical tabular system.. BT-1 Remember
5. Why tube systems need to be braced. BT-1 Remember
6. What are the important aspects in shear wall design? BT-1 Remember
7. Discuss the behavior of symmetric wall frames BT-2 Understand
8. Differentiate the rigid frame and Infilled frame. BT-2 Understand
9. Discuss the behavior of braced frame. BT-2 Understand
10. Explain different types of structural systems? BT-2 Understand
11. Types of 3D frame by computer methods. BT-3 Apply
12. Classification of tall building structural systems. BT-3 Apply
13. Explain the category of interior structures BT-3 Apply
14. Explain the category of Exterior structures BT-4 Analyze
15. Damping strategies for structural systems? BT-4 Analyze
16. Explain passive systems? BT-4 Analyze
17. Recent Developments in the form of tall building? BT-5 Evaluate
18. Calculate the moment of inertia of twisted forms? BT-5 Evaluate

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19. State the factors which affect the growth and height of Create
BT-6
structures.
20. Define live load reduction ? How can it be incorporated in Create
BT-6
analysis

PART B

BT COMPETENCE
Q.NO QUESTIONS
LEVEL
1. What is shear wall? Explain the behavior of shear walls BT-1 Remember
2. Explain the behaviors of the following structural systems BT-1 Remember
1)Infilled frames
2)Tubular and outrigger braced frames.
3. Write a short note on the following BT-1 Remember
1)Bearing wall structures
2) Shear core structures
4. Explain the utility of box systems and composite floor system BT-1 Remember
in the tall building.
5. Brief the concept of futrigger –braced and hydrid mega system BT-2 Understand
with neat sketches?
6. Explain with an example the equivalent stiffness method of BT-2 Understand
analysis of a shear wall building?
7. Give the procedure of analysis and design of a 3D frame by BT-4 Analyze
computer methods?
8. Describe the modeling techniques for approximate analysis BT-3 Apply
9. Comment on subsystem interaction? BT-3 Apply
10. Compare the behavior of shear wall structures with that of BT-4 Analyze
braced frame structures.
11. Discuss about of braced frame by approximate method? BT-5 Evaluate
12. Developments of structural systems briefly. BT-6 Create
13. Classification of tall building structural systems briefly? BT-4 Analyze
14. Discuss BT-2 Understand
(i) Rigid –frame wall
(ii) Infilled frame wall

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(iii) Bundled –tube structures

UNIT 4- ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

Modeling for approximate analysis - Accurate analysis and reduction techniques- Analysis of
buildings as total structural system- considering overall integrity and major subsystem
interaction- Analysis for member forces- drift and twist- computerised general three dimensional
analysis

PART A

BT COMPETENCE
Q.NO QUESTIONS
LEVEL
Discuss on Hybrid approach of analysis ?When this type of Remember
1. BT-1
analysis will be adopted.
2. Discuss the waffle flat slabs BT-1 Remember
3. Discuss about the behavior of tubular structures. BT-1 Remember
What is the role of reinforcement in column stresses due to Remember
4. BT-1
creep and shrinkage?
5. What are the different effects of soil-structure interaction? BT-1 Remember
6. Write the drift limitations for various types of structures. BT-1 Remember
7. What is meant by differential movement in tall buildings. BT-2 Understand
8. Explain the term creep and shrinkage, BT-2 Understand
9. What are factors influencing fire resistance? BT-2 Understand
10. Explain the term of differential movement. BT-2 Understand
11. Methods of Modeling for approximate analysis BT-3 Apply
12. How to calculate the member forces. BT-3 Apply
13. Define drift and twist. BT-3 Apply
14. Discuss the 3D frame by computer methods. BT-4 Analyze
15. Find the moment of inertia of twisted forms? BT-4 Analyze
16. Explain different types of structural systems? BT-4 Analyze
17. What is the role of stiffness of stiffness of members in stability of Evaluate
BT-5
structures.

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Evaluate
18. How to computerised general three dimensional analysis BT-5

19. Explain the category of Exterior structures BT-6 Create


20. What are factors influencing fire resistance? BT-6 Create

PART B

BT COMPETENCE
Q.NO QUESTIONS
LEVEL
1. With the help of a case study, outline the procedure of design for BT-1 Remember
differential movement.
2. Write short notes on BT-1 Remember
1)suspended structures
2) core structures.
3) Hybrid analysis
3. Discuss about the behavior of symmetric wall frames and what BT-1 Remember
are the advantage for horizontal interaction in design of wall
frames?
4. Comment on analysis for member forces,draft, and twist BT-1 Remember
5. Explain how you would carry out analysis of structures as an BT-2 Understand
integral unit.
6. How do you go about the approximate analysis of wall frame BT-2 Understand
structures and shear wall structures.
7. Explain how would you design for temperature loads in case of a BT-2 Understand
40 storey building having a total height of 200m and temperature
change in steel column as ∆=40 deg and a=.5*10-6
8. Explain the modeling for approximate analysis BT-3 Apply
9. Explain about Accurate analysis and reduction techniques BT-3 Apply
10 Explain about Analysis of buildings as total structural system BT-4 Analyze
11 Explain the computerized general three dimensional analysis BT-4 Analyze

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12 Study of high rise residential building in indian cities (a case BT-5 Evaluate
study –pune city)
13 Study of high rise residential building in indian cities (a case BT-4 Analyze
study –chennai city)
14 List out the materials used in the coctruction of the high rise BT-6 Create
building in india

UNIT 5- STABILITY OF TALL BUILDINGS

Overall buckling analysis of frames-. wall-frames,- Approximate methods- second order effects
of gravity of loading- P-Delta analysis, simultaneous first-order and P-Delta analysis,
Translational

PART A

BT COMPETENCE
Q.NO QUESTIONS
LEVEL
What is the role of stiffness of members of members in stability BT-1 Remember
1.
of structures?
2. Define space structures. BT-1 Remember
3. What do you mean by deep beam system? BT-1 Remember
What is load transfer mechanism in a suspended structural BT-1 Remember
4.
system?
5. Give the significance of P-Delta analysis. BT-1 Remember
6. Give situations for torsional instability. BT-1 Remember
7. Define buckling BT-2 Understand
8. Define states of equlibrium BT-2 Understand
9. Application of p-delta analysis BT-2 Understand
10. What is the uses of first order equation BT-2 Understand
11. Define stability BT-3 Apply
12. Explain about torsional instability BT-3 Apply
13. Explain deep beam system BT-3 Apply
14. Explain high rise suspension system BT-4 Analyze

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15. Explain creep ,shrinkage and temperature BT-4 Analyze
16. Discuss about second order effects od gravity loading. BT-4 Analyze
17. Explain about symmetric wall frames BT-5 Evaluate
18. Explain about hybrid analysis BT-5 Evaluate
19. Define space frame BT-6 Create
20. Explain about pneumatic high rise building BT-6 Create

PART B

BT COMPETENCE
Q.NO QUESTIONS
LEVEL
1. What are the effect of creep, shrinkage and temperature on the BT-1 Remember
behavior of structures and discuss.
2. Write short notes on : BT-1 Remember
i. P-Delta effect.
ii. Effect of foundation rotation on the stability of
structures.
iii. Second order effects of gravity loading.
3. Discuss the following : BT-1 Remember
i. Deep Beam Systems
ii. High rise suspension system.
4. Explain the following : BT-2 Understand
i. Pneumatic high rise building.
ii. Space frame in high rise buildings.
5. Explain about buckling of frames briefly BT-2 Understand
6. Explain about approximate methods of buckling BT-3 Apply
7. Explain briefly second order effect of gravity loading BT-3 Apply
8. Explain about recent developments in the form of tall building? BT-4 Analyze
9. Discuss briefly damping strategies for structural systems. BT-4 Analyze
10 Explain about classification of tall building structural syytems? BT-4 Analyze
11 Explain in detail about the second order effects of gravity of BT-5 Evaluate
loading.

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12 Describe the overall buckling analysis of frames BT-2 Understand
13 Describe the method of accommodating elastic instability of BT-6 Create
frames. How would you form the force displacement matrix in
this case?
14 How will you determine stresses in a frame arising from out of BT-1 Remember
plumb construction? Explain.

Total
S.no Subject BT1 BT2 BT3 BT4 BT5 BT6 Question
Part-A 6 4 3 3 2 2 20
1 Unit-1 Part-B 4 3 2 3 1 1 14

Part-A 6 4 3 3 2 2 20
2 Unit-2 Part-B 4 3 2 3 1 1 14

Part-A 6 4 3 3 2 2 20
3 Unit-3 Part-B 4 3 2 3 1 1 14

Part-A 6 4 3 3 2 2 20
4 Unit-4 Part-B 4 3 2 3 1 1 14

Part-A 6 4 3 3 2 2 20
5 Unit-5 Part-B 4 3 2 3 1 1 14

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