Book_Structural Analysis

Following up on his previous publication, Reinforced Concrete Design of Tall Buildings (2009), Bungale S. Taranath now presents Structural Analysis and Design of Tall Buildings which by scope and size presents all you ever wanted to know about steel and composite structures. Now this book is not your introductory course in how to make tall buildings stand up. Based on Mr. Taranath’s extensive experience in the design of concrete, steel, and composite tall buildings and having served as principal-in-charge for many notable high-rise buildings, the book covers a range of special topics, including performance-based design and human tolerance for the wind-induced dynamic motions of tall buildings. It also presents preliminary analysis techniques, graphical approaches for determining wind and seismic loads, and graphical aids for estimating unit-quantity of structural steel. The book contains a good number of relevant case studies, as well as an illustrated overview of connection details.